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FOR  THE  USE  OF  THE 

WESLEYAN  METHODIST   CONNECTION 
OF  A31ERICA. 


"I  "will  sing  -with  U  I  will  s;~?  with  the 

■anderstanding  also."— 1  Ccr.  xi-r  15. 


BOSTON: 
PUBLISHED  BY  O.  SCOTT, 

FOR     THE      WE5LIVAN      METHODIST      COXXECTIO^, 
J .    B .    SAtl.,    PBISTIB. 

1843. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1843,  by 

ORANGE    SCOTT, 
In  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  District 


PREFACE, 


To  the  members  and  friends  of  the  JVesleyan 
Methodist  Connection  : 

In  presenting  to  you  this  Hymn  Book, 
it  is  proper  for  us  to  say,  that  we  have 
availed  ourselves  of  such  means  as  were 
within  our  reach,  to  make  it  what  it  should 
be.  We  have,  however,  labored  under  one 
disadvantage :  we  have  been  obliged  to 
hurry  the  work  too  much.  We  should 
have  had  six  months  at  least  to  prepare 
the  copy,  before  putting  it  to  press.  But 
such  was  the  urgent  call  of  our  friends  for 
the  work,  that  it  was  thought  best  to  put 
it  to  press  before  the  copy  was  all  pre- 
pared. The  first  three  hundred  pages 
only  had  been  selected  when  the  work 
went  to  press. 

Thgse  Hymns  will  be  found  arranged 
under  appropriate  heads.    They  are  mostly 


IV  PREFACE. 

taken  from  the  Episcopal  Methodist  Hymn 
Book  ;  and  the  arrangement  will,  we  think, 
be  found  to  be  an  improvement  on  that  book. 
The  last  two  hundred  and  a  portion  of  the 
first  three  hundred  pages  are  from  various 
authors,  but  mostly  from  the  English  Wes- 
leyan  Hymn  Book,  (latest  edition,)  Prot- 
estant Methodist  Hymn  Book,  Church 
Psalmody,  (Congregational.)  Psalms  and 
Hymns,  (Congregational.)  by  Dr.  Allen, 
and  The  Psalmist.  (Baptist.)  About  one- 
half  of  our  entire  book  is  from  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  ;  that  was  the  basis.  We 
have  taken  from  that  source  all  we  deemed 
worthy  of  publication,  leaving  behind  a 
vast  amount  of  lumber  of  which  no  use  is 
ever  made  :  and  many  of  the  hymns  which 
we  have  selected  from  this  and  other  books 
have  been  greatly  abridged.  Few  hymns 
in  our  collection  will  be  found  to  contain 
more  than  four  verses,  which  we  think  is 
enough  to  be  sung  at  once  on  any  occa- 
sion. 

Could  we  have  had  sufficient  time,  we 
should  have  arranged  all  the  hymns  under 


appropriate  heads :  but  as  it  is,  the  last 
two  hundred  pages  are  arranged  under  the 
general  head  of  ;;  Additional  Hymns." 
These,  however,  all  have  appropriate  ti- 
tles ;  so  that  if  the  first  part  of  the  book 
does  not  afford  a  suitable  hymn  for  every 
occasion,  or  a  sufficient  variety,  the  defi- 
ciency will  be  easily  made  up  from  the  last 
part  of  the  book. 

Finally,  imperfect  as  the  book  is.  it  has 
our  decided  preference,  as  a  whole,  to  any 
other  extant. 

To  prepare  and  get  it  through  the  press, 
in  its  present  form,  has  been  an  immense 
labor.  It  has  greatly  exceeded  our  antici- 
pations :  and  the  labor  has  principally  de- 
volved upon  one  of  the  committee. 

We  hope  all  our  members  and  friends 
will  procure  a  copy  of  this  book,  and  that 
all  who  have  voices  will  join  in  the  singing. 

It  was  our  intention  to  have  added,  at  the 
close,  fifty  or  one  hundred  of  the  most  pop- 
ular and  useful  revival  hymns  ;  but  on  con- 
sultation, we  concluded  that  a  separate 
social   hymn  book,  with  music  appended 


to  the  hymns,  would  he  a  better  course, 
Most  Christian  denominations  have  their 
separate  social  hymn  book,  for  prayer  and 
conference  meetings.  The  Wesleyans  will 
want  their  " Wesleyan  Melodies"  for 
prayer  and  camp-meetings.  A  book  of 
this  kind  we  intend  to  prepare  and  publish 
in  the  course  of  the  winter,  so  as  to  have 
it  ready  for  delivery  early  in  the  spring,  at 
farthest.  Jotham  Horton, 

Orange  Scott, 
L.  C.  Matlack, 
Committee  of  the  Convention, 
Boston,  Oct.  5,  1843. 


IXDEX  OF  SUBJECTS. 


Attributes  of  God 9 

Trinity 22 

Fall  of  Man 24 

Depravity 25 

Christ,  the  Atonement '27 

AwaKENING   AND   INVITING 30 

Penitential 51 

Prayer  ajtd   Intercession 67 

Justification  ey  Faith SI 

Rejoicing  and  Praise SS 

Christian  Fellowship 11-1 

Baptism 123 

Lord's  Supper 125 

Love-Feast 131 

Family  Worship 13S 

Prayer  and   Watchfulness 146 

Trusting  in  Grace  and  Providence  157 

Christian   Warfare 171 

Christian   Zeal 175 

Formal   Religion 177 

Backsliding 181 


Vlll  INDEX    OF    SUBJECTS. 

Christian  Perfection 188 

Pastoral 214 

Spread  of  the  Gospel 223 

Holy  Scriptures     225 

Dedication 228 

Birth  Day 235 

Thanksgiving  Day 237 

Christmas 239 

New  Year's 243 

The  Sabbath 246 

Sabbath  Schools    249 

Missions 251 

Ant  i- Slavery 261 

Seamen 268 

Peace 271 

Prospect  of   Heaven 273 

Ministers  in  Sickness  and  Death  .  282 

Death 285 

Second  Advent 295 

General  Judgment 298 

Additional  Hymns 303 

Doxologies 491 


WESLEYAN  HYMNS. 


ATTRIBUTES  OF  GOD. 

HYMN  l.     L.  M. 

ETERNAL  Power,  whose  high  abode 
Becomes  the  grandeur  of  a  God  ; 
Infinite  lengths,  beyond  the  bounds 
Where  stars  revolve  their  little  rounds  : 

2  Thee,  while  the  first  archangel  sings, 
He  hides  his  face  behind  his  wings  : 
And  ranks  of  shining  thrones  around 
Fall  worshipping,  and  spread  the  ground. 

3  Lord,  what  shall  earth  and  ashes  do? 
We  would  adore  our  Maker  too  ! 
From  sin  and  dust  to  thee  we  cry, 
The  Great,  the  Holy,  and  the  High ! 

4  Earth  from  afar  hath  heard  thy  fame, 
And  worms  have  learnt  to  lisp  thy  name  ; 
But  oh  !  the  glories  of  thy  mind 
Leave  all  our  soaring  thoughts  behind ! 

5  God  is  in  heaven,  and  men  below  : 

Be  short  our  tunes  ;  our  words  be  few  ! 
A  solemn  reverence  checks  our  songs, 
And  praise  sits  silent  on  our  tongues. 
2 


10 


ATTRIBUTES    OF    GOD, 


HYMN  2,    CM. 

FATHER,  how  wide  thy  glories  shine  ! 
How  high  thy  wonders  rise  ! 
Known  thro'  the  earth  by  thousand  signs, 

By  thousands  through  the  skies  : 
Those  mighty  orbs  proclaim  thy  power  ; 

Their  motions  speak  thy  skill ; 
And  on  the  wings  of  every  hour 
We  read  thy  patience  still. 

Part  of  thy  name  divinely  stands 

On  all  thy  creatures  writ ; 
They  show  the  labor  of  thy  hands, 

Or  impiess  of  thy  feet : 
But  when  we  view  thy  strange  design 

To  save  rebellious  worms, 
Where  vengeance  and  compassion  join 

In  their  divinest  forms, 

Here  the  whole  Deity  is  known ; 

Nor  dares  a  creature  guess 
Which  of  the  glories  brightest  shone, 

The  justice  or  the  grace  : 
Now  the  full  glories  of  the  Lamb 

Adorn  the  heavenly  plains  ; 
Bright  seraphs  learn  Immanuers  name, 

And  try  their  choicest  strains. 

HYMN  3.     C.  M. 

ETERNAL  Wisdom  !  thee  we  praise, 
Thee  the  creation  sings  : 
With  thy  lov'd  name,  rocks,  hills  and  seas 
And  heaven's  high  palace  rings. 


ATTRIBUTES    OF    GOD. 


11 


2  Thy  hand,  how  wide  it  spreads  the  sky  ; 

How  glorious  to  behold  ! 
Tmg'd  with  a  blue  of  heavenly  dye 
And  starr' d  with  sparkling  gold. 

3  There  thou  hast  bid  the  globes  of  light 

Their  endless  circuits  run  ; 
There  the  pale  planets  rule  the  night, 
The  day  obeys  the  sun. 

4  If  down  I  turn  my  wond'ring  eyes 

On  clouds  and  storms  below. 

Those  under  regions  of  the  skies 

Thy  numerous  glories  show. 

5  Infinite  strength  and  equal  skill 

Shine  through  thy  works  abroad  ; 
Our  souls  with  vast  amazement  fill, 
And  speak  the  builder  God  ! 

HYMN  4.     CM. 

OHOUT  to  the  Lord,  ye  surging  seas, 
O  In  your  eternal  roar  ; 
Let  wave  to  wave  resound  his  praise, 
And  shore  reply  to  shore. 

2  While  monsters  sporting  on  the  flood, 

In  scaly  silver  shine, 
Speak  terribly  their  maker  God, 
And  lash  the  foaming  brine. 

3  But  gentler  things  shall  tune  his  name, 

To  softer  notes  than  these  : 
Young  zephyrs  breathing  o'er  the  stream, 
Or  whispering  through  the  trees. 


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ATTRIBUTES    OF    GOD. 


4  Thus,  while  the  meaner  creatures  sing", 
Ye  mortals,  take  the  sound  ; 
Echo  the  glories  of  your  King, 
Through  all  the  nations  round. 

HYMN  5.     L.  M. 

HOLY  as  thou,  O  Lord,  is  none ! 
Thy  holiness  is  all  thy  own  : 
A  drop  of  that  unbounded  sea 
Is  ours,  a  drop  deriv'd  from  thee. 

2  And  when  thy  purity  we  share, 
Thy  only  glory  we  declare  ; 
And  humbled  into  nothing,  own, 
Holy  and  pure  is. God  alone. 

3  Sole,  self-existing  God  and  Lord, 
By  all  thy  heavenly  hosts  ador'd, 
Let  all  on  earth  bow  down  to  thee, 
And  own  thy  peerless  majesty  ; 

4  Thy  power  unparallel'd  confess, 
Establish' d  on  the  Rock  of  peace  ; 
The  Rock  that  never  shall  remove, 
The  Rock  of  pure,  almighty  love. 

HYMN  6.     C.  M. 

WE  need  not  soar  above  the  skies, 
Leave  suns  and  stars  below, 
And  seek  Thee,  with  unclouded  eyes, 

In  all  that  angels  know  ; 
The  very  breath  we  now  inhale, 
The  poilse  in  every  heart, 


ATTRIBUTES    OF    GOD.  13 

Attest,  with  force  that  cannot  fail, 
Thou  art — oh,  God  !  thou  art ! 

If,  'midst  the  ever-daring  songs 

Of  universal  joy, 
The  chime  of  worlds  and  chant  of  tongues, 

The  praise  that  we  employ 
May  breathe  its  music  in  thine  ear, 

Its  meaning  in  thy  heart, 
Our  glad  confession  deign  to  hear, — 

Thou  art — oh,  God  !  thou  art. 

HYMN  7.     L.  M. 

THERE  is  a  God — all  nature  speaks, 
Thro'  earth  and  air,  and  sea  and  skies  ; 
See,  from  the  clouds  his  glory  breaks, 
When  earliest  beams  of  morning  rise. 

The  rising  sun,  serenely  bright, 

Thro'out  the  world's  extended  frame 

Inscribes  in  characters  of  light, 

His  mighty  Maker's  glorious  name. 

Ye  curious  minds,  who  roam  abroad 
And  trace  creation's  wonders  o'er, 

Confess  the  footsteps  of  your  God — 
Bow  down  before  him — and  adore. 

HYMN  8.     L.  M. 

ETERNAL  God,  almighty  cause 
Of  earth  and  seas,  and  worlds  un- 
known, 


14 


ATTRIBUTES    OF    GOD. 


All  things  are  subject  to  thy  laws — 
All  things  depend  on  thee  alone. 

2  Thy  glorious  being  singly  stands, 

Of  all  within  itself  possest ; 
By  none  controlled  in  thy  commands, 
And  in  thyself  completely  blest. 

3  To  thee  alone  ourselves  we  owe — 

Let  heaven  and  earth  due  homage  pay  ; 
All  other  gods  we  disavow, 

Deny  their  claims,  renounce  their  sway. 

4  Worship  to  the  alone  belongs  ; 

Worship  to  thee  alone  we  give  ; 
Thine  be  our  hearts  and  thine  our  songs, 
And  to  thy  glory  let  us  live. 

HYMN  9.     C.  M. 

LORD,  how  thy  wonders  are  displayed 
Where'er  I  turn  mine  eye  ! 
If  I  survey  the  ground  I  tread, 
Or  gaze  upon  the  sky ! 

2  There's  not  a  plant  or  flower  below 

But  makes  thy  glories  known  ; 
And  clouds  arise,  and  tempests  blow, 
By  order  from  thy  throne. 

3  Creatures,  as  numerous  as  they  be, 

Are  subject  to  thy  care  : 
There's  not  a  place  where  we  can  flee, 
But  God  is  present  there. 


ATTRIBUTES    OF    GOD. 


15 


HYMX  10.     C.  M. 

THE  eye  of  God  is  every  where 
To  watch  the  sinner's  ways  ; 
He  sees  who  join  in  humble  prayer, 
And  who  in  solemn  praise. 

2  One  glance  of  thine,  eternal  Lord. 

Can  pierce  and  search  us  through ; 
Nor  heaven,  nor  earth,  nor  hell  afford 
A  shelter  from  thy  view  ! 

3  The  universe,  in  every  part, 

At  once  before  thee  lies ; 
And  every  thought  of  every  heart 
Is  open  to  thine  eyes. 

4  Prepare  us,  Lord,  to  pray  and  praise 

With  fervent,  holy  love  ; 
And  fit  us  by  thy  word  of  grace, 
To  worship  thee  above. 

HYMX  11.     L.  M. 

LORD,  thou  hast  searched  and   seen 
me  through  ; 
Thine  eye  commands  with  piercing  view, 
My  rising  and  my  resting  hours, 
My  heart  and  flesh,  with  all  their  powers. 

2  Within  thy  circling  power  I  stand  ; 
On  every  side  I  find  thy  hand  ; 
Awake,  asleep,  at  home,  abroad, 
I  am  surrounded  still  with  God. 


16 


ATTRIBUTES    OF    GOD. 


3  Amazing  knowledge  !  vast  and  great ! 
What  large  extent !  what  lofty  height ! 
My  soul,  with  all  the  powers  I  boast, 
Is  in  the  boundless  prospect  lost. 

4  0  may  these  thoughts  possess  my  breast, 
Where'ei  I  rove — where'er  I  rest ; 
Nor  let  my  weaker  passions  dare 
Consent  to  sin — for  God  is  there. 

HYMN  12.     C.  M. 

LORD,  all  I  am  is  known  to  thee  : 
In  vain  my  soul  would  try 
To  shun  thy  presence,  or  to  flee 
The  notice  of  thine  eye. 

2  Thy  all-surrounding  sight  surveys 

My  rising  and  my  rest ; 
My  public  walks,  my  private  ways, 
The  secrets  of  my  breast. 

3  My  thoughts  lie  open  to  thee,  Lord, 

Before  they're  form' d  within  ; 
And  ere  my  lips  pronounce  the  word, 
Thou  know'st  the  sense  I  mean. 

4  0  wond'rous  knowledge !  deep  and  high  ! 

Where  can  a  creature  hide  ! 
Within  thy  circling  arms  I  lie, 
Beset  on  every  side. 

5  So  let  thy  grace  surround  me  still, 

And  like  a  bulwark  prove, 

To  guard  my  soul  from  every  ill, 

Secur'd  by  sovereign  love. 


ATTRIBUTES    OF    GOD. 


17 


HYMN  13.     L.  M. 
A  WAKE,  my  tongue,  thy  tribute  bring 
Jljl  To  him  who  gave  thee  power  to  sing  ; 
Praise  him,  who  is  all  praise  above, 
The  source  of  wisdom  and  of  love. 

2  How  vast  his  knowledge  !  how  profound  ! 
A  depth   where  all   our  thoughts   are 

drowned ! 
The  stars  he  numbers — and  their  names 
He  gives  to  all  those  heavenly  flames. 

3  Thro'  each  bright  world  above,  behold 
Ten  thousand  thousand  charms  unfold  ; 
Earth,  air  and  mighty  seas  combine, 
To  speak  his  wisdom  all  divine. 

4  But  in  redemption — 0  what  grace  ! 

Its  wonders,  0  what  thought  can  trace ! 
Here  wisdom  shines  for  ever  bright — 
Praise  him,  my  soul,  with  sweet  delight. 

HYMN  14.     L.  M. 

WAIT,  0  my  soul,  thy  Maker's  will ; 
Tumultuous  passions,  all  be  still ! 
Nor  let  a  murmuring  thought  arise — 
His  ways  are  just,  his  counsels  wise. 

2  He  in  the  thickest  darkness  dwells, 
Performs  his  work,  the  cause  conceals  ; 
But  though  his  methods  are  unknown, 
Judgment  and  truth  support  his  throne. 


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ATTRIBUTES    OF    GOD. 


3  In  heaven  and  earth,  and  air,  and  seas, 
He  executes  his  firm  decrees  ; 

And  by  his  saints  it  stands  confest 
That  what  he  does  is  ever  blest. 

4  Wait,  then,  my  soul,  submissive  wait, 
Prostrate  before  his  awful  seat ; 

And  'midst  the  terror  of  his  rod, 
Trust  in  a  wise  and  gracious  God. 


HYMN  15.     C.  M. 

YE  humble  souls,  approach  your  God, 
With  songs  of  sacred  praise ; 
For  he  is  good,  immensely  good, 
And  kind  are  all  his  ways. 

2  All  nature  owns  his  guardian  care, 

In  him  we  live  and  move ; 
But  nobler  benefits  declare 
The  wonders  of  his  love. 

3  He  gave  his  Son,  his  only  Son, 

To  ransom  rebel  worms  ; 
'Tis  here  he  makes  his  goodness  known, 
In  its  diviner  forms. 

4  To  this  dear  refuge,  Lord,  we  come, 

'Tis  here  our  hope  relies  ; 
A  safe  defence,  a  peaceful  home, 
When  storms  of  trouble  rise. 


ATTRIBUTES    OF    GOD. 


19 


HYMN  16.     L.  II. 

TNDULGENT    Lord,    thy    goodness 

JL         reigns 

Through  all  the  wide,  celestial  plains  ; 
And  thence  its  streams  redundant  flow. 
And  cheer  the  abodes  of  men  below. 

2  Thro'  nature's  works  its  glories  shine  ; 
The  cares  of  providence  are  thine  ; 
And  grace  erects  our  ruined  frame, 

A  fairer  temple  to  thy  name. 

3  0  give  to  every  human  heart 

To  taste  and  feel  how  good  thou  art ; 
With  grateful  love  and  holy  fear. 
To  know  how  blest  thy  children  are. 

HYMX  IT.     L.  M. 
"\  E  humble  saints,  proclaim  abroad 
-L    The  honors  of  a  faithful  God  ; 
How  just  and  true  are  all  his  ways  ! 
How  much  above  your  highest  praise  ! 

2  Let  frightened  rivers  change  their  course, 
Or  backward  hasten  to  their  source  ; 
Swift  through  the  air  let  rocks  be  hurled, 
And  mountains  like  the  chaff  be  whirled. 

3  Let  suns  and  stars  forget  to  rise, 
Or  quit  their  stations  in  the  skies  ; 
Let  heaven  and  earth  both  pass  away, 
Eternal  truth  shall  ne'er  decay. 

4  True  to  his  word,  God  gave  his  Son 
To  die  for  crimes  which  men  had  done  ; 


20  ATTRIBUTES    OF    GOD. 

Blest  pledge  !  he  never  will  revoke 
A  single  promise  he  has  spoke. 

HYMN  18.     S.  M. 

MY  soul,  repeat  his  praise, 
Whose  mercies  are  so  great ; 
Whose  anger  is  so  slow  to  rise, 
So  ready  to  abate. 

2  God  will  not  always  chide  ; 

And  when  his  strokes  are  felt, 
His  strokes  are  fewer  than  our  crimes, 
And  lighter  than  our  guilt. 

3  High  as  the  heavens  are  raised 

Above  the  ground  we  tread, 
So  far  the  riches  of  his  grace 
Our  highest  thoughts  exceed. 

4  Our  days  are  like  the  grass, 

Or  like  the  morning  flower ; 
If  one  sharp  blast  sweeps  o'er  the  field, 
It  withers  in  an  hour. 

6  But  thy  compassions,  Lord, 
To  endless  years  endure  ; 
And  children's  children  ever  find 
The  words  of  promise  sure. 

HYMN  19.     S.  M. 
r\  ALL-CREATING  God ! 
\J  At  whose  supreme  decree 
Our  body  rose,  a  breathing  clod, 
Our  souls  sprang  forth  from  thee. 


ATTRIEUTES    OF    GOD. 


21 


9  For  this  thou  hast  design'd, 
And  form'd  us  man  for  this  ; 
To  know  and  love  thyself,  and  find 
In  thee  our  endless  bliss. 

HYMN  20.     L.  M. 

THE  spacious  firmament  on  high. 
With  all  the  blue  ethereal  sky. 
And  spangled  heavens,  (a  shining  frame,) 
Their  great  Original  proclaim  : 
Th'  unwearied  sun  from  day  to  day, 
Doth  his  Creator's  power  display  ; 
And  publishes  to  every  land, 
The  work  of  an  Almighty  hand. 

2  Soon  as  the  evening  shades  prevail. 
The  moon  takes  up  the  wond'rous  tale, 
And  nightly  to  the  list'ning  earth 
Repeats  the  story  of  her  birth  ; 
While  all  the  stars  that  round  her  burn, 
And  all  the  planets  in  their  turn, 
Confirm  the  tidings  as  they  roll, 

And  spread  the  truth  from  pole  to  pole. 

3  What  though  in  solemn  silence  all 
Move  round  the  dark  terrestrial  ball : 
What  though  no  real  voice  nor  sound 
Amid  the  radiant  orbs  be  found  ; 

In  reason's  ear  they  all  rejoice, 
And  utter  forth  a  glorious  voice  ; 
For  ever  singing  as  they  shine, 
"  The  hand  that  made  us  is  divine/' 


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TRINITV. 


TRINITY. 


HYMN  21.     CM. 

ONE  undivided  Trinity, 
"With  triumph  we  proclaim  ; 
The  universe  is  full  of  thee. 
And  speaks  thy  glorious  name. 

2  Thee,  holy  Father,  we  confess  ; 

Thee,  holy  Son,  adore  ; 
Thee.  Spirit  of  Truth  and  Holiness, 
We  worship  evermore. 

3  The  incommunicable  right, 

Almighty  God.  receive  ! 
Which  angel  choirs,  and  saints  in  light, 
And  saints  embodied  give. 

4  Three  Persons,  equally  divine, 

We  magnify  and  love  : 
And  both  the  choirs,  ere  long,  shall  join 
To  sing  thy  praise  above. 

HYMN  22.     C.  M. 

\    THOUSAND  oracles  divine, 
-£L  Their  common  beams  unite  ; 
That  sinners  may  with  angels  join 
To  worship  God  aright. 

2  To  praise  a  Trinity,  ador'd 
By  all  the  hosts  above  ; 


TRINITY. 


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And  one  thrice  holy  God  and  Lord 
Through  endless  ages  love. 

3  Triumphant  host !  they  never  cease 

To  laud  and  magnify 
The  Triune  God  of  Holiness, 
Whose  glory  fills  the  sky. 

4  Whose  glory  to  this  earth  extends, 

When  God  himself  imparts. 
And  the  whole  Trinity  descends 
Into  our  faithful  hearts. 

HYMN  23.     L.  M. 

1  RATHER  of  heaven  !  whose  love  pro- 
-    found 
A  ransom  for  our  souls  hath  found, 
Before  thy  throne  we  sinners  bend — 
To  us  thy  pardoning  love  extend. 

2  Almighty  Son  !  incarnate  Word  ! 
Our  Prophet.  Priest.  Redeemer,  Lord  ! 
Before  thy  throne  we  sinners  bend — 
To  us  thy  saving  grace  extend. 

3  Eternal  Spirit !  by  whose  breath 
The  soul  is  raised  from  sin  and  death, 
Before  thy  throne  we  sinners  bend — 
To  us  thy  quickening  power  extend. 

4  Jehovah  !  Father,  Spirit,  Son  ! 
Mysterious  Godhead  !  Three  in  One  ! 
Before  thy  throne  we  sinners  bend — 
Grace,  pardon,  life,  to  us  extend. 


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FALL    OF    MAN. 


HYMN  24.     P.  M. 

FATHER,  live,  by  all  things  feared ; 
Live  the  Son,  alike  revered  : 
Equally  be  thou  adored, 
Holy  Ghost,  eternal  Lord. 

2  Three  in  person,  one  in  power, 
Thee  we  worship  evermore  ; 
Praise  by  all  to  thee  be  given, 
Endless  theme  of  earth  and  heaven. 


FALL  OF  MAN. 

HYMN  25.     C.  M. 

ON  man,  in  his  own  image  made, 
How  much  did  God  bestow ! 
The  whole  creation  homage  paid, 
And  own?d  him  Lord  below. 

2  He  dwelt  in  Eden's  garden,  stor'd 

With  sweets  for  ev'ry  sense  ; 
And  there,  with  his  descending  Lord, 
He  walk'd  in  confidence. 

3  But  oh  !  by  sin  how  quickly  chang'd  ! 

His  honor  forfeited  ; 
His  heart  from  God  and  truth  estrang'd, 
His  conscience  fill'd  with  dread. 

4  Now  from  his  Maker's  voice  he  flies, 

Which  was  before  his  joy  : 


DEPRAVITY. 


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And  thinks  to  hide  amidst  the  trees, 
From  an  all-seeing  eye. 

5  Compell'd  to  answer  to  his  name  ; 

With  stubbornness  and  pride, 
He  cast  on  God  himself  the  blame, 
Xor  once  for  mercy  cried. 

6  But  grace,  unask'd,  his  heart  subdu'd, 

And  all  his  guilt  forgave  : 
By  faith  the  promis'd  Seed  he  view'd, 
And  felt  the  power  to  save. 


DEPRAVITY. 

HYMN  26.     L.  M. 

LORD,  we  are  vile,  conceived  in  sin, 
And  born  unholy  and  unclean  ; 
Sprung  from  the  man  whose  guilty  fall 
Corrupts  his  race,  and  taints  us  all. 

2  Soon  as  we  draw  our  infant  breath, 
The  seeds  of  sin  grow  up  for  death  ; 
The  law  demands  a  perfect  heart, 
But  we're  defiled  in  every  part. 

3  Great  God,  create  my  heart  anew, 
And  form  my  spirit  pure  and  true  ; 
Oh,  make  me  wise  betimes  to  see 
My  danger  and  my  remedy. 

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DEPRAVITY. 


4  Behold,  I  fall  before  thy  face  ; 
My  only  refuge  is  thy  grace  : 

No  outward  forms  can  make  me  clean  ; 
The  leprosy  lies  deep  within. 

5  Jesus,  my  God,  thy  blood  alone 
Hath  power  sufficient  to  atone  ; 

Thy  blood  can  make  me  white  as  snow ; 
No  Jewish  types  could  cleanse  me  so. 

HYMN  27.     C.  M. 

HOW  sad  our  state  by  nature  is ! 
Our  sin  howT  deep  it  stains  ! 
And  Satan  binds  our  captive  souls 
Fast  in  his  slavish  chains. 

2  But  there's  a  voice  of  sovereign  grace 

Sounds  from  the  sacred  word  : 
Ho !  ye  despairing  sinners,  come, 
And  trust  a  faithful  Lord. 

3  My  soul  obeys  the  gracious  call, 

And  runs  to  this  relief; 
I  wrould  believe  thy  promise,  Lord ! 
O  help  my  unbelief. 

4  To  the  blest  fountain  of  thy  blood, 

Incarnate  God,  I  fly ; 
Here  let  me  wash  my  spotted  soul 
From  crimes  of  deepest  dye. 

5  A  guilty,  weak,  and  helpless  worm, 

Into  thy  arms  I  fall ; 


CHRIST THE    ATONEMENT.  «  * 

Be  thou  my  strength  and  righteousness, 
My  Jesus  and  my  all. 

HYMN  -28.     L.  M. 

LORD,  I  despair  myself  to  heal ; 
I  see  my  sin,  but  cannot  feel : 
I  cannot,  till  thy  Spirit  blow. 
And  bid  the  obedient  waters  flow. 

?Tis  thine  a  heart  of  flesh  to  give  : 
Thy  gifts  I  only  can  receive  ; 
Here,  then,  to  thee  I  all  resign, 
To  draw,  redeem,  and  seal — are  thine. 

With  simple  faith  on  thee  I  call  ; 
My  light,  my  life,  my  Lord,  my  all  : 
I  wait  the  moving  of  the  pool ; 
I  wait  the  word  that  speaks  me  whole. 

Speak,  gracious  Lord,  my  sickness  cure; 
Make  my  infected  nature  pure  : 
Peace,  righteousness,  and  joy  impart, 
And  pour  thyself  into  my  heart ! 


CHRIST— THE  ATONEMENT. 

HYMX  29.     C.  M. 

ALAS  !  and  did  my  Saviour  bleed? 
And  did  my  Sovereign  die ! 
Would  he  devote  that  sacred  head 
For  such  a  worm  as  I l 


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CHRIST THE    ATONEMENT. 


2  Was  it  for  crimes  that  I  have  done. 

He  groan 'd  upon  the  tree  1 
Amazing  pity  !  grace  unknown  ! 
And  love  beyond  degree  ! 

3  Well  might  the  sun  in  darkness  hide,. 

And  shut  his  glories  in  ; 
When  Christ,  the  mighty  Maker  died> 
For  man  the  creature's  sin. 

4  Thus  might  I  hide  my  blushing  face. 

When  his  dear  cross  appears  ; 

Dissolve  my  heart  in  thankfulness, 

And  melt  mine  eyes  to  tears. 

5  But  drops  of  grief  can  ne'er  repay 

The  debt  of  love  I  owe  : 
Here,  Lord,  I  give  myself  away, 
'Tis  all  that  I  can  do. 

HYMN  30.     L.  M. 

EXTENDED  on  a  cursed  tree, 
Besmear' d  with  dust,  and  sweat,  and 
See  there ,  the  King  of  glory  see  !  [blood , 
Sinks,  and  expires,  the  Son  of  God  ! 

2  Who,  who,  my  Saviour,  this  hath  done  ? 

Who  could  thy  sacred  body  wound  ? 
No  guilt  thy  spotless  heart  hath  known, 
No  guile  hath  in  thy  lips  been  found. 

3  I, — I  alone  have  done  the  deed ! 

'Tis  I  thy  sacred  flesh  have  torn  ; 
My  sins  have  caus'd  thee,  Lord,  to  bleed > 
Pointed  the  nail,  and  fix'd  the  thorn. 


CHRIST — THE    ATONEMENT. 


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4  For  me  the  burden  to  sustain 

Too  great,  on  thee,  my  Lord,  was  laid; 
To  heal  me  thou  hast  borne  the  pain  ; 
To  bless  me,  thou  a  curse  wast  made. 

HYMN  31.    LM. 

~\rE  that  pass  by,  behold  the  Man  ! 
X  The  Man  of  griefs,  condemn'd  for  you  ! 
The  Lamb  of  God,  for  sinners  slain, 
Weeping  to  Calvary  pursue  ! 

2  See  !  how  his  back  the  scourges  tear, 

While  to  the  bloody  pillar  bound  ! 
The  ploug-hers  make  long  furrows  there, 
Till  all  his  body  is  one  wound. 

3  Nor  can  he  thus  their  hate  assuage  ; 

His  innocence  to  death  pursird, 
Must  fully  glut  their  utmost  rage  : 
Hark  !  how  they  clamor  for  his  blood  ! 

4  His  sacred  limbs  they  stretch,  they  tear, 

With  nails  they  fasten  to  the  wood ! 
His  sacred  limbs,  expos'd  and  bare, 
Or  only  cover*  d  with  his  blood. 

5  See,  there  !  his  temples  crown 'd  with 

thorn  ! 
His  bleeding  hands  extended  wide  : 
His  streaming  feet  transfixt  and  torn  ! 
The  fountain  gushing  from  his  side  ! 


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CHRIST — THE    ATONEMENT, 


HYMN  32.     CM. 

FROM   whence    these   direful   omens 
round, 
Which  heav'n  and  earth  amaze  ! 
Wherefore   do   earthquakes  cleave  the 
ground, 
Why  hides  the  sun  his  rays? 

2  Well  may  the  earth  astonish 'd  shake, 

And  nature  sympathize  : 
The  sun  as  darkest  night  be  black — 
Their  Maker — Jesus — dies. 

3  Behold,  fast  streaming  from  the  tree — 

His  all-atoning  blood  ! 
Is  this  the  Infinite? — 'Tis  he — 
My  Saviour  and  my  God. 

4  For  me — these  pangs  his  soul  assail, 

For  me — this  death  is  borne  ; 
My  sins  gave  sharpness  to  the  nail, 
And  pointed  ev'ry  thorn. 

HYMN  33.     C.  M. 

BEHOLD  the  Saviour  of  mankind 
Nail'd  to  the  shameful  tree  ! 
How  vast  the  love  that  him  inclin'd 
To  bleed  and  die  for  thee ! 

2  Hark,    how   he   groans!    while   nature 
shakes, 
And  earth's  strong  pillars  bend  ! 


CHRIST THE    ATONEMENT. 


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The  temple's  veil  in  sunder  breaks, 
The  solid  marbles  rend. 

3  'Tis  done  !  the  precious  ransom  's  paid  ! 

"  Receive  m\  soul!"  he  cries  : 
See  where  he  bows  his  sacred  head  ! 
He  bows  his  head,  and  dies ! 

4  But   soon   he'll   break   death's  envious 

And  in  full  glory  shine  :  [chain, 

Oh,  Lamb  of  God,  was  ever  pain, 
Was  ever  love  like  thine  ! 

HYMN  34.     L.  M. 

OF  him  who  did  salvation  bring, 
I  could  for  ever  think  and  sing  ; 
Arise,  ye  needy,  he'll  relieve  ; 
Arise,  ye  guilty,  he'll  forgive. 

9  Ask  but  his  grace,  and  lo.  'tis  given! 
Ask,  and  he  turns  your  hell  to  heaven  : 
Though  sin  and  sorrow  wound  my  soul, 
Jesus,  thy  balm  will  make  it  whole. 

3  To  shame  our  sins  he  blush'd  in  blood  ; 
He  clos'd  his  eyes  to  show  us  God  ; 
Let  all  the  world  fall  down  and  know, 
That  none  but  God  such  love  can  show. 

4  ?Tis  thee  I  love,  for  thee  alone, 

I  shed  my  tears  and  make  my  moan  ! 
Where'er  I  am,  where'er  I  move, 
I  meet  the  object  of  my  love. 

5  Insatiate  to  this  spring  I  fly  ; 
I  drink,  and  yet  am  ever  dry  ; 


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CHRIST THE    ATONEMENT. 


Ah  !  who  against  thy  charms  is  proof  ? 
Ah  !  who  that  loves  can  love  enough. 

HYMN  35.     C.  M. 

PLUNG'D  in  a  gulf  of  dark  despair, 
We  wretched  sinners  lay, 
Without  one  cheering  beam  of  hope, 
Or  spark  of  glimmering  day. 

2  With  pitying  eyes  the  Prince  of  grace 

Beheld  our  helpless  grief; 
He  saw,  and  (0  amazing  love !) 
He  ran  to  our  relief. 

3  Down  from  the  shining  seats  above 

With  joyful  haste  he  fled  : 
Enter 'd  the  grave  in  mortal  flesh, 
And  dwelt  among  the  dead. 

4  0  for  this  love  let  rocks  and  hills 

Their  lasting  silence  break  ! 
And  all  harmonious  human  tongues 
The  Saviour's  praises  speak. 

5  Angels,  assist  our  mighty  joys  ; 

Strike  all  your  harps  of  gold  ; 
But  when  you  raise  your  highest  notes, 
His  love  can  ne'er  be  told  ! 

HYMN  36.     L.  M. 

WHEN   at  this   distance,  Lord,  we 
trace 
The  various  glories  of  thy  face, 
What  transport  pours  o'er  all  our  breast, 
And  charms  our  cares  and  woes  to  rest. 


CHRIST THE    ATONEMENT. 


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2  With  thee,  in  the  obscurest  cell. 

On  some  bleak  mountain  would  I  dwell ; 
Rather  than  pompous  courts  behold. 
And  share  their  grandeur  and  their  gold, 

3  Away,  ye  charms  of  mortal  joy  ! 
Raptures  divine  my  thoughts  employ  ! 
I  see  the  King  of  glory  shine  : — 

I  feel  his  love,  and  call  him  mine, 

4  On  Tabor  thus  his  servants  view?d 
His  lustre,  when  transform 'd  he  stood ; 
And,  bidding  earthly  scenes  farewell, 
Cried,    ;t  Lord.     ?tis   pleasant   here   to 

dwell." 

HYMN  37.     7s. 

"  \  NGELS  roll  the  rock  away,'' 

-lX  Death  yields  up  the  mighty  prey  ! 
See,  the  Saviour  quits  the  tomb — 
Glowing  with  immortal  bloom. 

2  Shout,  ye  seraphs;  Gabriel,  raise 
Fame's  eternal  trump  of  praise  ; 
Let  the  earth's  remotest  bound 
Echo  to  the  blissful  sound. 

3  Now.  ye  saints,  lift  up  your  eyes  ; 
See  the  Conqueror  mount  the  skies  ; 
Troops  of  angels  on  the  road, 

Hail  and  sing  th'  incarnate  God. 


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CHRIST THE    ATONEMENT. 


4  Praise  him,  ye  celestial  choirs, 

Praise,  and  sweep  your  golden  lyres  ; 
Praise  him  in  the  noblest  songs, 
From  ten  thousand  thousand  tongues. 

HYMN  38.     L.  M. 

TIMS  finish'd  : — so  the  Saviour  cried  ; 
JL    x\nd   meekly  bow'd  his  head  and 

died! 
Tis  finish'd  : — yes,  the  race  is  run, — 
The  battle  fought,  the  vict'ry  won. 

2  'Tis  finish'd — all  that  Heav'n  decreed, 
And  all  that  ancient  prophets  said, 

Is  now  fulfill  *  d ,  as  was  design 'd, 
In  me,  the  Saviour  of  mankind. 

3  'Tis  finish'd  : — Aaron  now  no  more 
Must  stain  his  robes  with  purple  gore  ; 
The  sacred  veil  is  rent  in  twain, 

The  Jewish  rites  no  more  remain. 

4  'Tis  finish'd  : — this  my  dying  groan 
Shall  sins  of  ev'ry  kind  atone  ; 
Millions  shall  be  redeem'd  from  death, 
By  this  my  last  expiring  breath. 

5  'Tis  finish'd  : — Heav'n  is  reconciled, 
And  all  the  pow'rs  of  darkness  spoil'd: 
Peace,  love,  and  happiness,  again 
Return  and  dwell  with  sinful  men. 


CHRIST — THE    ATONEMENT. 


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HYMN  39.     L.  M. 

"TTrHAT  venerable  sight  appears  ! — 
\  V    The    Son    of    God — dissolved   in 

tears  ! — 
Trace,  O  my  soul,  with  sad  surprise, 
The  sorrows  of  a  Saviour's  eyes. 

2  For   whom,    bless "d   Jesus,   we   would 

know, 
Doth  such  a  sacred  torrent  flow  ? — 
What  brother,  or  what  friend  of  thine, 
Is  grac'd  and  mourn' d  with  drops  divine  ? 

3  Xor  brother,  there,  nor  friend  I  see — 
But  sons  of  pride  and  cruelty  ; 

Who  like  rapacious  tigers  stood, 
Impatient,  panting  for  thy  blood. 

4  Dear  Lord,  and  did  thy  gushing  eyes 
Thus  stream  o'er  dying  enemies? 
And  can  thy  tenderness  forget 

The  sinner  humbled  at  thy  feet ! 

HYMN  40.     C.  M. 

THE  Lord  of  Sabbath  let  us  praise, 
In  concert  with  the  blest, 
Who,  joyful  in  harmonious  lays, 
Employ  an  endless  rest. 

2  On  this  glad  day  a  brighter  scene 
Of  glory  was  displav'd, 
By  God,  th'  eternal  Word,  than  when 
This  universe  was  made. 


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CHRIST THE    ATONEMENT. 


3  He  rises,  who  mankind  has  bought 

With  grief  and  pain  extreme  : 
'Twas  great  to  speak  the   world  from 
'Twas  greater  to  redeem.       [nought ; 

4  Alone  the  dreadful  race  he  ran, 

Alone  the  vine  press  trod  ; 
He  dies  and  suffers  as  a  man, 
He  rises  as  a  God. 

5  The  Sun  of  Righteousness  appears, 

To  set  in  blood  no  more  ; 
Adore  the  Scatterer  of  your  fears, 
Your  rising  Sun  adore. 

HYMN  41.     L.  M. 

OUR  Lord  is  risen  from  the  dead, 
Our  Jesus  is  gone  up  on  high ! 
The  powers  of  hell  are  captive  led, 
Dragg'd  to  the  portals  of  the  sky. 
There  his  triumphal  chariot  waits, 

And  angels  chant  the  solemn  lay  ; 
Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  heavenly  gates ^ 
Ye  everlasting  doors,  give  way. 

2  Loose  all  your  bars  of  massy  light, 
And  wide  unfold  tlr  ethereal  scene ; 
He  claims  these  mansions  as  his  right, 

Receive  the  King  of  Glory  in. 
Who  is  the  King  of  Glory  ?     Who  1 

The  Lord  that  all  our  foes  overcame, 
The  world,   sin,  death,   and  hell  o'er- 
threw ; — 
And  Jesus  is  the  conqueror's  name. 


CHRIST THE    ATONEMENT.  O  i 

3  Lo  !  his  triumphal  chariot  waits, 
And  angels  chant  the  solemn  lay  ; 
Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  heavenly  gates, 
Ye  everlasting  doors,  give  way. 

Who  is  the  King  of  Glory  !     Who  ! 

The  Lord  of  glorious  power  possest ; 
The  King  of  saints  and  angels  too, 

God  over  all  for  ever  blest. 

HYMN  42.     L.  Iff. 

HE  dies  !  the  Friend  of  sinners  dies  ! 
Lo  !  Salem's  daughters  weep  around  ; 
A  solemn  darkness  veils  the  skies, 

A  sudden  trembling  shakes  the  ground: 
Come,  saints,  and  drop  a  tear  or  two 
For  him  who  groan'd  beneath  your 
load  : 
He  shed  a  thousand  drops  for  you, 
A  thousand  drops  of  richer  blood. 

2  Here's  love  and  grief  beyond  degree, 

The  Lord  of  glory  dies  for  man  ! 
But  lo  !  what  sudden  joys  we  see  : 

Jesus,  the  dead,  revives  again  ! 
The  rising  God  forsakes  the  tomb  ; 

(In  vain  the  tomb  forbids  his  rise  ;) 
Cherubic  legions  guard  him  home, 

And   shout   him   "  Welcome  to  the 
skies  V' 

3  Break  off  your  tears,  ye  saints,  and  tell 

How  high  your  great  Deliv'rer reigns  : 


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CHRIST THE    ATONEMENT. 


Sing  how  he  spoil'd  the  hosts  of  hell, 

And  led  the  monster  death  in  chains  ! 
Say,  "Live  for  ever,  wond'rous  King  ! 
Born  to  redeem,  and  strong  to  save  !" 
Then  ask  the  monster,  "  Where's  thy 
stinff?  " 
And,  "Where's  thy  victory  !  boasting 
grave?  " 

HYMN  43.     L.  M. 

YE  faithful  souls,  who  Jesus  know, 
If  risen  indeed  with  him  ye  are, 
Superior  to  the  joys  below, 

His  resurrection's  power  declare. 

2  Your  faith  by  holy  tempers  prove  : 

By  actions  show  your  sins  forgiven  ! 
And  seek  the  glorious  things  above, 
And   follow    Christ    your    Head    to 
heaven. 

3  There  your  exalted  Saviour  see, 

Seated  at  God's  right  hand  again, 
In  all  his  Father's  majesty, 
In  everlasting  pomp  to  reign. 

4  To  him  continually  aspire, 

Contending  for  your  native  place  : 
And  emulate  the  angel  choir, 
And  only  live  to  love  and  praise. 


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AWAKENING  AND  INVITING. 

HYMN  44.     P.  M. 

COME,  ye  sinners,  poor  and  needy. 
Weak  and  wounded,  sick  and  sore, 
Jesus  ready  stands  to  save  you, 
Full  of  pity .  love  and  power  : 

He  is  able. 
He  is  willing,  doubt  no  more. 

2  Now.  ye  needy,  come  and  welcome, 

God's  free  bounty  glorify  ; 
True  belief  and  true  repentance. 
Every  grace  that  brings  you  nigh, 

Without  money 
Come  to  Jesus  Christ  and  buy. 

3  Let  not  conscience  make  you  linger, 

Nor  of  fitness  fondly  dream  ; 
All  the  fitness  he  requireth 
Is  to  feel  your  need  of  him  : 

This  he  gives  yon, 
'Tis  the  Spirit's  glimm'ring  beam. 

4  Come,  ye  weary,  heavy-laden. 

Bruised  and  mangled  by  the  fall, 
If  you  tarry  till  you're  better, 
You  will  never  come  at  all  : 

Not  the  righteous. 
Sinners  Jesus  came  to  call. 


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5  Agonizing  in  the  garden, 

Lo  !  your  Maker  prostrate  lies  : 
On  the  bloody  tree  behold  him ! 
Hear  him  cry  before  he  dies, 

"  It  is  finished  !  " 
Sinners,  will  not  this  suffice  ? 

6  Lo !  th'  incarnate  God  ascending, 

Pleads  the  merit  of  his  blood  : 
Venture  on  him,  venture  freely, 
Let  no  other  trust  intrude  ; 

None  but  Jesus 
Can  do  helpless  sinners  good. 

7  Saints  and  angels  join'd  in  concert, 

Sing  the  praises  of  the  Lamb, 

"While  the  blissful  seats  of  heaven 

Sweetlv  echo  with  his  name  : 

Hallelujah ! 
Sinners  here  may  do  the  same. 

HYMN  45.     L.  M. 

COME,  sinners,  to  the  Gospel  feast, 
Let  every  soul  be  Jesus'  guest ; 
Ye  need  not  one  be  left  behind, 
For  God  hath  bidden  all  mankind. 

2  Sent  by  my  Lord,  on  you  I  call ; 
The  invitation  is  to  all : 
Come,  all  the  world !  come,  sinner,  thou ! 
All  things  in  Christ  are  ready  now. 


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3  Come,  all  ye  souls  by  sin  oppress'd, 
Ye  restless  wand'rers  after  rest ; 

Ye  poor  and  maim'd,  and  halt  and  blind, 
In  Christ  a  hearty  welcome  find. 

4  See  him  set  forth  before  your  eyes    • 
That  precious,  bleeding"  sacrifice  ! 
His  offer d  benefits  embrace, 

And  freely  now  be  sav'd  by  grace  ! 

HYMN  46.     P.  M. 

BLOW  ye  the  trumpet,  blow, 
The  gladly  solemn  sound  ; 
Let  all  the  nations  know, 
To  earth's  remotest  bound  ; 
The  year  of  Jubilee  is  come  ; 
Return,  ye  ransom'd  sinners,  home. 

2  Jesus,  our  great  High  Priest, 

Hath  full  atonement  made  : 
Ye  weary  spirits,  rest, 

Ye  mournful  souls,  be  glad  ; 
The  year  of  Jubilee  is  come  ; 
Return,  ye  ransom/d  sinners,  home. 

3  Extol  the  Lamb  of  God, 

The  all-atoning  Lamb  ; 
Redemption  in  his  blood 

Throughout  the  world  proclaim  ; 
The  year  of  Jubilee  is  come  ; 
Return,  ye  ransom'd  sinners,  home. 
4 


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4  Ye  who  have  sold  for  nought 

Your  heritage  above, 
Shall  have  it  back  unbought, 

The  gift  of  Jesus'  love  ; 
The  year  of  Jubilee  is  come  ; 
Return,  ye  ransom'd  sinners,  home, 

5  The  Gospel  trumpet  hear, 

The  news  of  heavenly  grace  : 
And.  sav'd  from  earth,  appear 
Before  your  Saviour's  face  ; 
The  year  of  Jubilee  is  come  ; 
Return,  ye  ransom'd  sinners,  home. 

HYMN  47.     6  lines  Ts. 
DINNERS,  turn,  why  will  ye  die? 
O  God,  your  Maker,  asks  you  why  l 
God,  who  did  your  being  give, 
Made  you  with  himself  to  live  ; 
He  the  fatal  cause  demands. 
Asks  the  work  of  his  own  hands, 
Why,  ye  thankless  creatures,  why 
Will  ye  cross  his  love  and  die  ? 

Sinners,  turn,  why  will  ye  die? 
God,  your  Saviour,  asks  you  why? 
God.  who  did  your  souls  retrieve, 
Died  himself  that  ye  might  live. 
Will  you  let  him  die  in  vain  ? 
Crucify  your  Lord  again  ! 
Why,  ye  ransom'd  sinners,  why 
Will  ye  slight  his  grace  and  die  ? 


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3  Sinners,  turn,  why  will  ye  die  ? 
God,  the  Spirit,  asks  you  why  ! 
He  who  all  your  lives  hath  strove — 
Woo'd  you  to  embrace  his  love — 
Will  ye  not  his  grace  receive  ! 
Will  ye  still  refuse  to  live  ? 
Why,  you  long-sought  sinners,  why 
Will  you  2-rieve  your  God  and  die  ! 


HYMN  48.     L.  M. 

1  WAKE,  Jerusalem,  awake, 
A  No  longer  in  thy  sins  lie  down  : 
Thy  garment  of  salvation  take, 

Thy  beauty  and  thy  strength  put  on. 

2  Shake  off  the  dust  that  blinds  thy  sight, 

And    hides   the    promise    from   thine 
eyes  ; 
Arise,  and  struggle  into  light. 
The  great  Deliverer  calls,  Arise  ! 

3  Shake  off  the  bands  of  sad  despair, 

Sion,  assert  thy  liberty  ; 
Look  up.  thy  broken  heart  prepare. 
And  God  shall  set  the  captive  free. 

4  Vessels  of  mercy,  sons  of  grace, 

Be  purg'd  from  every  sinful  stain, 
Be  like  your  Lord,  his  word  embrace, 
Nor  bear  his  hallow 'd  name  in  vain. 


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HYMN  49.     L.  M. 

SINNERS,  obey  the  Gospel  word  ! 
Haste  to  the  supper  of  my  Lord  ; 
Be  wise  to  know  your  gracious  day  ; 
All  things  are  ready,  come  away  ! 

2  Ready  the  Father  is  to  own, 
And  kiss  his  late  returning  son  ; 
Ready  your  loving-  Saviour  stands, 
And  spreads  for  you  his  bleeding  hands, 

3  Ready  for  you  the  angels  wait, 
To  triumph  in  your  blest  estate  ; 
Tuning  their  harps,  they  long  to  praise 
The  wonders  of  redeeming  grace. 

4  The  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost, 
Are  ready  with  their  shining  host : 
All  heaven  is  ready  to  resound, 

"  The  dead's  alive  !  the  lost  is  found !  " 

HYMN  50.     L.  M. 

HO  !  every  one  that  thirsts,  draw  nigh  ; 
'Tis  God  invites  the  fallen  race  ; 
Mercy  and  free  salvation  buy, 

Buy  wine,  and  milk,  and  Gospel  grace. 

2  Come  to  the  living  waters,  come  ! 
Sinners,  obey  your  Maker's  call ; 
"  Return,  ye  weary  wand'rers,  home, 
And  find  my  grace  is  free  for  all." 


AWAKENING    AND    INVITING.  *±d 

3  See  from  the  Rock  a  fountain  rise  ; 

For  you  in  healing  streams  it  rolls  ; 
Money  ye  need  not  bring,  nor  price. 
Ye  lab'ring,  burden'd,  sin-sick  souls. 

4  Nothing  ye  in  exchange  shall  give, 

Leave  all  you  have,  and  are,  behind  ; 
Frankly  the  gift  of  God  receive. 
Pardon  and  peace  in  Jesus  find. 

HYMN  51.     8s,  7s. 

"TT^HAT  could  your  Redeemer  do, 
1  1     More  than  he  hath  done  for  you ! 
To  procure  your  peace  with  God, 
Could  he  more  than  shed  his  blood  I 
After  all  his  flow  of  love. 
All  his  drawings  from  above. 
Why  will  ye  your  Lord  deny? 
Why  will  ye  resolve  to  die  ! 

2  Turn,  he  cries,  ye  sinners,  turn  : 
By  his  life  your  God  hath  sworn  ; 
He  would  have  you  turn  and  live, 
He  would  all  the  world  receive  ; 
If  your  death  were  his  delight, 
Would  he  you  to  live  invite ! 
Would  he  ask,  beseech,  and  cry, 
Why  will  ye  resolve  to  die  ? 

3  Sinners,  turn,  while  God  is  near  : 
Dare  not  think  him  insincere  : 

Now,  even  now,  your  Saviour  stands, 
All  dav  long  he  spreads  his  hands  ; 


46  AWAKENING    AND    INVITING. 

Cries,  "  Ye  will  not  happy  be  ; 
No,  ye  will  not  come  to  me, — 
Me,  who  life  to  none  deny ; 
Why  will  ye  resolve  to  die?  " 

HYMN  52.     CM. 

LET  every  mortal  ear  attend, 
And  every  heart  rejoice  ; 
The  trumpet  of  the  Gospel  sounds 
With  an  inviting  voice. 

2  Ho  !  all  the  hungry,  starving  souls, 

That  feed  upon  the  wind, 
And  vainly  strive  with  earthly  toys 
To  fill  an  empty  mind  ; 

3  Eternal  Wisdom  hath  prepard 

A  soul-reviving  feast, 
And  bids  your  longing  appetites 
The  rich  provision  taste. 

4  Ho  !  ye  that  pant  for  living  streams, 

And  pine  away  and  die, 
Here  you  may  quench  your  raging  thirst 
With  springs  that  never  dry. 

5  Rivers  of  love  and  mercy  here, 

In  a  rich  ocean  join  ; 
Salvation  in  abundance  flows 
Like  floods  of  milk  and  wine. 

6  The  happy  gates  of  Gospel  grace 

Stand  open  night  and  day  : 
Lord,  we  are  come  to  seek  supplies, 
And  drive  our  wants  away. 


AWAKENING    AND    INVITING. 


HYMN  53.     C.  M. 


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SINNERS,  the  voice  of  God  regard  ; 
'Tis  mercy  speaks  to-day  ; 
He  calls  you  by  his  sacred  word 
From  sin's  destructive  way. 

2  Like  the  rough  sea  that  cannot  rest, 

You  live,  devoid  of  peace  ; 
A  thousand  stings  within  your  breast 
Deprive  your  souls  of  ease. 

3  Your  way  is  dark,  and  leads  to  death  : 

Why  will  you  persevere  1 
Can  you  in  endless  torments  breathe. 
Shut  up  in  black  despair  ? 

4  Why  will  you  in  the  naked  ways 

Of  sin  and  folly  go  ! 
In  pain  you  travel  all  your  days, 
To  reap  eternal  wo. 

5  But  he  that  turns  to  God  shall  live, 

Through  his  abounding  grace  : 
His  mercy  will  the  guilt  forgive, 
Of  those  that  seek  his  face. 

HYMN  54.     C.  M. 

TERRIBLE  thought !  shall  I  alone, 
Who  may  be  sav'd,  shall  I, 
Of  all,  alas  !  whom  I  have  known, 
Through  sin  for  ever  die  I 


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While  all  my  old  companions  dear, 

With  whom  I  once  did  live, 
Joyful  at  God's  right  hand  appear, 

A  blessing  to  receive — 
Shall  I,  amidst  a  ghastly  band, 

Dragg'd  to  the  judgment  seat, 
Far  on  the  left  with  horror  stand, 

My  fearful  doom  to  meet  1 
Ah  !  no  ; — I  still  may  turn  and  live, 

For  still  his  wrath  delays ; 
He  now  vouchsafes  a  kind  reprieve, 

And  offers  me  his  grace. 
I  will  accept  his  offers  now  : 

From  every  sin  depart ; 
Perform  my  oft-repeated  vow, 

And  render  him  my  heart. 

HYMN  55.     C.  M. 

MY  drowsy  powers,  why  sleep  ye  sol 
Awake,  my  sluggish  soul ! 
Nothing  hath  half  thy  work  to  do, 

Yet  nothing's  half  so  dull. 
Go  to  the  ants  ;  for  one  poor  grain 

See  how  they  toil  and  strive  ! 
Yet  we,  who  have  a  heaven  t'  obtain, 

How  negligent  we  live  ! 
We,  for  whose  sake  all  nature  stands, 

And  stars  their  courses  move  ; 
We,  for  whose  guard  the  angel  bands 

Come  flying  from  above  ; 


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4  We,  for  whom  God  the  Son  came  down, 

And  labor'd  for  our  good, 
How  careless  to  secure  that  crown 
He  purchased  with  his  blood. 

5  Lord,  shall  we  live  so  sluggish  still, 

And  never  act  our  parts  ? 
Come,  holy  Dove,  from  th'  heavenly  hill, 
And  warm  our  frozen  hearts. 

6  Give  us  with  active  warmth  to  move, 

With  vig'rous  souls  to  rise  ; 
With  hands  of  faith  and  wings  of  love, 
To  fly  and  take  the  prize. 

HYMN  56.     L.  M. 

THOU  boastest,  "lam  wise  and  rich, 
Increas'd    in    goods,    and    nothing 
need  ;  " 
And  dost  not  know  thou  art  a  wretch, 
Naked  and  poor,  and  blind,  and  dead. 

2  Yet  while  I  thus  rebuke  I  love  ; 

My  message  is  in  mercy  sent ; 
That  thou  mayst  my  compassion  prove, 
I  can  forgive  if  thou  repent. 

3  Wouldst  thou  be  truly  rich  and  wise, 

Come  buy  my  gold  in  fire  well  tried  ; 
My  ointment,  to  anoint  thine  eyes  ; 
My  robe,  thy  nakedness  to  hide, 


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4  See,  at  thy  door  I  stand  and  knock  ; 

Poor  sinner,  shall  I  wait  in  vain? 

Quickly  thy  stubborn  heart  unlock, 

That  I  may  enter  with  my  train. 

5  Thou  canst  not  entertain  a  King, 

Unworthy  thou  of  such  a  guest ! 
But  I  my  own  provision  bring-, 

To  make  thy  soul  a  heav'nly  feast. 

HYMN  57.     C.  M. 

THE  God  of  Glory  walks  his  round, 
From  day  to  day,  from  year  to  year  ; 
And  warns  us  each  with  awful  sound, 
No  longer  stand  ye  idle  here. 

2  Ye  whose  young  cheeks  are  rosy  bright, 

Whose  hands  are  strong,  whose  hearts 
are  clear, 
Waste  not  of  hope  the  morning  light ; 
Ah,  fools,  why  stand  ye  idle  here? 

3  And  ye  whose  locks  of  scanty  gray 

Foretell  your  latest  travail  near, 
How  swiftly  fades  your  worthless  day, 
And  stand  ye  yet  so  idle  here  ? 

4  One  hour  remains,  there  is  but  one  ; 

But  many  a  shriek  and  many  a  tear 

Thro'  endless  years  the  guilt  must  moan, 

Of  moments  lost  and  wasted  here. 


PENITENTIAL. 


PENITENTIAL. 


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HYMN  5*.     L.  M. 

JESUS,  the  sinner's  friend,  to  thee, 
Lost  and  undone,  for  aid  I  flee  : 
Weary  of  earth,  myself,  and  sin  ; 

Open  thine  arms,  and  take  me  in. 
Pity  and  heal  my  sin-sick  soul ; 
'Tis  thou  alone  canst  make  me  whole  ; 
Fall'n,  till  in  me  thine  image  shine. 
And  lost  I  am  till  thou  art  mine. 
At  last  I  own  it  cannot  be 
That  I  should  fit  myself  for  thee  ; 
Here,  then,  to  thee  I  all  resign  ; 
Thine  is  the  work,  and  only  thine. 
What  shall  I  say,  thy  srrace  to  move? 
Lord,  I  am  sin, — but  thou  art  love  : 

1  give  up  every  plea  beside, 

"Lord,  1  am  lost — but  thou  hast  died.?? 

HYMN  59.     S.  M. 

i  ND  can  I  yet  delay, 
J-i-  My  little  all  to  give  ! 
To  tear  my  soul  from  earth  away, 
For  Jesus  to  receive  ? 

2  Nay,  but  I  yield,  I  yield  ! 

I  can  hold  out  no  more  : 
I  sink,  by  dying  love  compell'd, 
And  own  Thee  conqueror  ! 


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3  Though  late,  I  all  forsake, 

My  friends,  my  all  resign  ; 
Gracious  Redeemer,  take,  0  take, 
And  seal  me  ever  thine  ! 

4  Come,  and  possess  me  whole, 

Nor  hence  again  remove  : 
Settle  and  fix  my  w ay' ring  soul 
With  all  thy  weight  of  love. 

5  My  one  desire  be  this, 

Thy  only  love  to  know ; 
To  seek  and  taste  no  other  bliss, 
No  other  good  below. 

HYMN  60.     C.  M. 

WHEN    thou,   O    Lord,  shalt  stand 
In  majesty  severe,  [disclos'd 

And  sit  in  judgment  on  my  soul, 
0  how  shall  I  appear ! 

2  Oh,  may  my  broken,  contrite  heart, 

Timely  my  sins  lament, 
And  early,  with  repentant  tears, 
Eternal  wo  prevent. 

3  Behold  the  sorrows  of  my  heart, 

Ere  yet  it  be  too  late  ; 
And  hear  my  Saviour's  dying  groan, 
To  give  those  sorrows  weight ! 

4  For  never  shall  my  soul  despair 

Her  pardon  to  secure. 
Who  knows  thine  only  Son  hath  died 
To  make  that  pardon  sure. 


PENITENTIAL. 


HYMN  61.     L.  M. 


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OH  !  for  a  glance  of  heavenly  day, 
To  take  this  stubborn  heart  away ; 
And  thaw,  with  beams  of  love  divine, 
This  heart,  this  frozen  heart  of  mine  ! 

2  The  rocks  can  rend :  the  earth  can  quake; 
The  seas  can  roar  ;  the  mountains  shake; 
Of  feeling,  all  things  show  some  sign, 
But  this  unfeeling  heart  of  mine. 

3  To  hear  the  sorrows  thou  hast  felt, 
Oh,  Lord,  an  adamant  would  melt  : 
But  I  can  read  each  moving  line. 
And  nothing  moves  this  heart  of  mine. 

4  Bat  something  yet  can  do  the  deed  ; 
And  that  blest  something  much  I  need  : 
Thy  Spirit  can  from  dross  refine, 

And  melt  and  change  this  heart  of  mine. 

HYMN  62.     CM, 

STILL,  for  thy  loving  kindness,  Lord, 
I  in  thy  temple  wait  : 
I  look  to  find  thee  in  thy  word, 
Or  at  thy  table  meet. 

8  I  wait  my  vigor  to  renew, 
Thine  image  to  retrieve  ! 
The  veil  of  outward  things  pass  through, 
And  gasp  in  thee  to  live. 


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PENITENTIAL. 


3  I  work  ;  and  own  the  labor  vain  ; 

And  thus  from  works  I  cease  : 
I  strive  ;  and  see  my  fruitless  pain, 
Till  God  create  my  peace. 

4  Fruitless,  till  thou  thyself  impart, 

Must  all  my  efforts  prove  ; 
They  cannot  change  a  sinful  heart ; 
They  cannot  purchase  love. 

HYMN  63.     L.  M. 

SHOW  pity.  Lord,  0  Lord,  forgive, 
Let  a  repenting  rebel  live  ; 
Are  not  thy  mercies  large  and  free? 
May  not  a  sinner  trust  in  thee  ? 

2  My  crimes  are  great,  but  don't  surpass 
The  power  and  glory  of  thy  grace  ; 
Great  God,  thy  nature  hath  no  bound, 
So  let  thy  pard  ning  love  be  found. 

3  Oh  !  wash  my  soul  from  every  sin  ! 
And  make  my  guilty  conscience  clean  ! 
Here  on  my  heart  the  burden  lies, 
And  past  offences  pain  my  eyes. 

4  My  lips  with  shame  my  sins  confess, 
Against  thy  law.  against  thy  grace  ; 
Lord,  should  thy  judgments  grow  severe, 
I  am  condemn'd,  but  thou  art  clear. 

5  Should  sudden  vengeanceseize  my  breathy 
I  must  pronounce  thee  just  in  death  ; 


PENITENTIAL. 


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And  if  my  soul  were  sent  to  hell. 
Thy  righteous  law  approves  it  well. 

6   Yet  save  a  trembling  sinner,  Lord, 
Whose  hope,  still  hov'rmg  round  thy 

word, 
Would   light   on   some    sweet    promise 

there, 
Some  sure  support  against  despair. 

HYMN  64.     L.  M. 

LIGHT  of  the  Gentile  world,  appear, 
Command  the  blind  thy  rays  to  see  : 
Our  darkness  chase,  our  sorrows  cheer, 
And  set  the  plaintive  prisoner  free. 

2  Me.  me,  who  still  in  darkness  sit. 

Shut  up  in  sin  and  unbelief ; 
Deliver  from  this  gloomy  pit, 

This  dungeon  of  despairing  grief. 

3  Open  mine  eyes,  the  Lamb  to  know, 

Who  bears  the  general  sin  away  ; 
And  to  my  ransom 'd  spirit  show 
The  glories  of  eternal  day. 

HYMN  65.    L.  M. 

OTHOU,  whom  once  they  flock 'd  to 
hear! 
Thy  words  to  hear,  thy  pow'r  to  feel  ; 
Suffer  the  sinners  to  draw  near, 
And  graciously  receive  us  still. 


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PENITENTIAL. 


2  They  that  be  whole,  thyself  hast  said, 

No  need  of  a  physician  have  ; 
But  1  am  sick,  and  want  thine  aid, 
And  wait  thine  utmost  pow'r  to  save. 

3  Thy  pow'r  and  truth,  and  love  divine, 

The  same  from  age  to  age  endure  : 
A  word,  a  gracious  word  of  thine, 
The  most  invet'rate  plague  can  cure. 

4  Helpless,  however,  my  spirit  lies, 

And  long  hath  languished  at  the  pool ; 
A  word  of  thine  shall  make  it  rise, 
And  speak  me  in  a  moment  whole. 

HYMN  66.     S.  M. 

AH  !  whither  should  I  go, 
Burden'd,  and  sick,  and  faint! 
To  whom  should  I  my  troubles  show, 
And  pour  out  my  complaint? 
My  Saviour  bids  me  come, 
Ah  !  why  do  I  delay  1 
He  calls  the  weary  sinner  home, 
And  yet  from  him  I  stay  ! 

2  What  is  it  keeps  me  back, 

From  which  I  cannot  part? 
Which  will  not  let  the  Saviour  take 

Possession  of  my  heart ! 

Some  cursed  thing  unknown, 

Must  surely  lurk  within  ; 
Some  idol  which  I  will  not  own, 

Some  secret  bosom  sin. 


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PENITENTIAL. 

Jesus,  the  hind 'ranee  show. 
Which  I  have  fear'd  to  see ; 

And  let  me  now  consent  to  know 
What  keeps  me  back  from  thee  : 
Searcher  of  hearts,  in  mine 
Thy  trying  power  display  ; 

Into  its  darkest  corners  shine, 
And  take  the  veil  away. 


HYMN  67.     L.  M. 

MY  sufferings  all  to  thee  are  known, 
Tempted  in  every  point  Ike  me  ! 
Regard  my  grief,  regard  thy  own  : 
Jesus,  remember  Calvary. 

2  Oh.  call  to  mind  thy  earnest  prayers! 

Thy  agony  and  sweat  of  blood  ! 
Thy  strong  and  bitter  cries  and  tears  ! 
Thy  mortal    groan,  uMy  God!    my 
'  God!" 

3  Thou  wilt  not  break  a  bruised  reed, 

Or  quench  the  smallest  spark  of  grace, 
Till  thro'  the  soul  thy  power  is  spread, 
Thy  all  victorious  righteousness. 

4  The  day  of  small  and  feeble  things, 

I  know  thou  never  wilt  despise  ; 
I  know,  with  healing  in  his  wings, 
The  Sun  of  Righteousness  shall  rise. 
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HYMN  63.     L.  M. 

WHEREWITH,  0  Lord,  shall  I  draw 
1 1  near. 

And  bow  myself  before  thv  face? 
How  in  thy  purer  eyes  appear  ? 

What  shall  I  bring  to  gain  thy  grace? 

2  Will  gifts  delight  the  Lord  Most  High  I 

Will  multiplied  oblations  please  ? 
Thousands  of  rams  his  favor  buy  ; 
Or  slaughter'd  hecatombs  appease? 

3  Can  these  avert  the  wrath  of  God  ? 

Can  these  wash  out  my  guilty  stain  ? 
Rivers  of  oil,  and  seas  of  blood, 
Alas  !  they  all  must  flow  in  vain. 

4  Whoe'er  to  thee  themselves  approve, 

Must  take  the  path  thyself  hast  show'd  : 
Justice  pursue,  and  mercy  love, 

And  numbly  walk  by  faith  with  Cod. 

HYMN  69.     L.  M. 

STAY,  thou  insulted  Spirit,  stay, 
Tho*  I  have  done  thee  such  despite ; 
Nor  cast  the  sinner  quite  away, 
Nor  take  thine  everlasting  flight. 
2  Tho'  I  have  steel'd  my  stubborn  heart. 
And  still  shook  off  my  guilty  fears; 
And  vex'd,  and  urg'd  thee  to  depart, 
For  many  Ion?  rebellious  vears: 


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3  Though  I  have  most  unfaithful  been, 

Of  all  who  e'er  thy  grace  receiv'd ! 
Ten  thousand  times  thy  goodness  seen  ; 
Ten    thousand    times    thy   goodness 
griev'd  ; 

4  Yet,  O  the  chief  of  sinners  spare, 

In  honor  of  my  great  High  Priest ; 
Nor  in  thy  righteous  anger  swear 
To  exclude  me  from  thy  people's  rest. 

5  Now.  Lord,  my  weary  soul  release. 

Upraise  me  with  thy  gracious  hand, 
And  guide  me  into  perfect  peace. 
And  bring  me  to  the  promis'd  land. 

HYMN  70.     C.  M. 

OTHAT  I  could  my  Lord  receive, 
Who  did  the  world  redeem  ; 
Who  gave  his  life  that  I  might  live, 
A  life  conceal'd  in  him ! 

2  Oh,  that  I  could  the  blessing  prove, 

My  heart's  extreme  desire  ! 
Live  happy  in  my  Saviour's  love, 
And  in  his  arms  expire  ! 

3  In  answer  to  ten  thousand  prayers, 

Thou,  pard'ning  God,  descend  : 
Number  me  with  salvation's  heirs, 
Mv  sins  and  troubles  end. 


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PENITENTIAL. 


Nothing  I  ask  or  want  beside, 

Of  all  in  earth  or  heaven  ; 
But  let  me  feel  thy  blood  applied , 

And  live  and  die  forgiven. 

HYMN  71.     P.  M. 

OH.  Love  divine,  how  sweet  thou  art  r 
When  shall  I  find  my  willing  heart 

All  taken  up  by  thee  ? 
I  thirst,  I  faint,  I  die  to  prove 
The  greatness  of  redeeming  love, 

The  love  of  Christ  to  me. 
Stronger  his  love  than  death  or  hell, 
Its  riches  are  unsearchable ; 

The  first  born  sons  of  light 
Desire  in  vain  its  depths  to  see  : 
They  cannot  reach  the  mystery, 

The  length,  the  breadth  and  height. 
Oh ,  that  I  could  for  ever  sit 
With  Mary  at  the  Master's  feet! 

Be  this  my  happy  choice  ; 
My  only  care,  delight  and  bliss, 
My  joy,  my  heaven  on  earth  be  this, 

To  hear  the  Bridegroom's  voice  ! 
Oh,  that  I  could,  with  favor'd  John, 
Recline  my  weary  head  upon 

The  dear  Redeemer's  breast : 
From  care  and  sin,  and  sorrow  free, 
Give  me,  O  Lord,  to  find  in  thee 

My  everlasting  rest ! 


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HYMN  7-2.    C.  M". 
"TT'HY  should  the  children  of  a  King 
1 1     Go  mourning  all  their  days  ! 
Great  Comforter,  descend  and  bring 
The  tokens  of  thy  grace. 

2  Dost  thou  not  dwell  in  all  thy  saints. 

And  seal  the  heirs  of  heaven  ! 
When  wilt  thou  banish  my  complaints, 
And  show  my  sins  forgiven  ? 

3  Assure  my  conscience  of  her  part 

In  the  Redeemer's  blood  : 
And  bear  thy  witness  with  my  heart, 
That  I  am  born  of  God. 

4  Thou  art  the  earnest  of  his  love, 

The  pledge  of  joys  to  come  : 
May  thy  bless'd  wings,  celestial  Dove, 
Safely  convey  me  home  ! 

HYMN  73.     C.  M. 

GOD  is  in  this  and  every  place  ! 
But  oh,  how  dark  and  void  ; 
To  me-  'tis  one  great  wilderness, 
This  earth,  without  my  God. 

2  Empty  of  Him  who  all  things  fills, 
Till  he  his  light  impart ; 
Till  He  his  glorious  self  reveals, 
The  veil  is  on  mv  heart ! 


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PENITENTIAL. 


3  A  darker  soul  did  never  yet 

Thy  promis'd  help  implore  : 
Oh,  that  I  now  my  Lord  might  meet, 
And  never  lose  him  more  ! 

4  Now,  Jesus,  now  the  Father's  love 

Shed  in  my  heart  abroad  ; 
The  middle  wall  of  sin  remove, 
And  let  me  into  God. 


HYMN  74.     L.  M. 

LORD  Jesus,  when,  when  shall  it  be, 
That  I  no  more  shall  break  with  thee  ? 
When  will  this  war  of  passions  cease, 
And  my  free  soul  enjoy  thy  peace  ? 

2  Here  I  repent,  and  sin  again  ; 
Now  I  revive,  and  now  am  slain  : 
Slain  with  the  same  unhappy  dart 
Which,  oh,  too  often  wounds  my  heart. 

3  Oh,  Saviour,  when,  when  shall  I  be 
A  garden  seal'd  to  all  but  thee? 
No  more  expos'd,  no  more  undone  ; 
But  live  and  grow  to  thee  alone  ? 

4  Guide   thou,  0   Lord,  guide   thou   my 

course, 
And  draw  me  on  with  thy  sweet  force  ; 
Still  make  me  walk,  still  make  me  tend, 
By  thee,  my  way,  to  thee,  my  end  ! 


PENITENTIAL: 


HYMN  75.     L.  M. 


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' PHOU  man  of  griefs,  remember  me, 
J-    Who  never  canst  thyself  forget ; 
Thy  last  mysterious  agony. 

Thy  fainting  pangs  and  bloody  sweat ! 

8  Father,  if  I  may  call  thee  so. 

Regard  my  fearful  heart's  desire  ; 
Remove  this  load  of  guilty  wo. 
Nor  let  me  in  my  sins  expire  ! 

■3  I  tremble,  lest  the  wrath  divine, 

Which  bruises  now  my  wretched  soul, 
Should  bruise  this  wretched  soul  of  mine 
Long  as  eternal  ages  roll. 

4  I  deprecate  that  death  alone, 

That  endless  banishment  from  thee  : 
Oh.  save,  and  give  me  to  thy  Son, 
Who  trembled,  wept  and  bled  for  me. 

HYMN  76.     L.  M. 

JESUS,  thy  far  extended  fame 
My  drooping  soul  exults  to  hear  ; 
Thy  name,  thy  all-restorine  name, 
Is  music  in  a  sinner's  ear. 

2  Sinners  of  old  thou  didst  receive, 

With  comfortable  words  and  kind ; 
Their  sorrows  cheer,  their  wants  relieve. 
Heal  the  diseas'd,  and  cure  the  blind. 


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PENITENTIAL. 


3  Though  eighteen  hundred  years  are  past 

Since  thou  didst  in  the  flesh  appear, 
Thy  tender  mercies  ever  last, 

And  still  thy  healing  power  is  here. 

4  Wouldst  thou  the  body's  health  restore, 

And  not  regard  the  sin-sick  soul  ? 
The  sin-sick  soul  thou  lov'st  much  more, 
And  surely  thou  wilt  make  it  whole. 

HYMN  77.     C.  M. 
{  ND  wilt  thou  yet  be  found, 
IX  And  may  I  still  draw  near  ? 
Then  listen  to  the  plaintive  sound 
Of  a  poor  sinner's  prayer. 

2  Jesus,  thine  aid  afford, 

If  still  the  same  thou  art, 
To  thee  I  look,  to  thee,  my  Lord  ! 
Lift  up  a  helpless  heart. 

3  Thou  seest  my  troubled  breast, 

The  stragglings  of  my  will, 
The  foes  that  interrupt  my  rest, 
The  agonies  I  feel. 

4  Oh,  my  offended  Lord, 

Restore  my  inward  peace, 
I  know  thou  canst ;  pronounce  the  word, 
And  bid  the  tempest  cease  ! 

5  I  long  to  see  thy  face, 

Thy  Spirit  I  implore, 
The  living  water  of  thy  grace, 
That  I  may  thirst  no  more. 


PENITENTIAL. 


HYMN  78.     C.  M. 


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OFOR  that  tenderness  of  heart 
Which  bows  before  the  Lord  ; 
Acknowledging  how  just  thou  ait. 

And  trembling  at  thy  word ! 
Oh.  for  those  humble,  contrite  tears, 

Winch  from  repentance  flow  : 
That  consciousness  of  guilt,  which  fears 
The  long-suspended  blow  ! 

2  Saviour,  to  me  in  pity  give 

The  sensible  distress  ; 
The  pledge  thou  wilt,  at  last,  receive, 

And  bid  me  die  in  peace  : 
Wilt  from  the  dreadful  day  remove, 

Before  the  evil  come  : 
My  spirit  hide  with  saints  above, 

My  body  in  the  tomb. 

HYMN  79.     S.  M. 

OTHAT  I  could  repent. 
W  Ufa  all  my  idols  part ; 
And  to  thy  gracious  eye  present 
An  humble,  contrite  heart  : 

2  A  heart  with  grief  opprest. 

For  having  gnev'd  my  God  : 

A  troubled  heart,  that  cannot  rest 

Till  sprinkled  with  thy  blood. 


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PENITENTIAL. 


3  Jesus,  on  me  bestow 

The  penitent  desire  ; 
With  true  sincerity  of  wo 
My  aching  breast  inspire  ; 

4  With  soft'ning  pity  look, 

And  melt  my  hardness  down  : 
Strike  with  thy  love's  resistless  stroke, 
And  break  this  heart  of  stone  ! 


HYMN  SO.     CM. 

LET   the   redeem'd  give  thanks  and 
To  a  forgiving  God  !  [praise 

My  feeble  voice  I  cannot  raise, 
Till  wash'd  in  Jesus'  blood. 

2  Till  at  thy  coming  from  above, 

My  mountain  sin  depart, 
And  fear  gives  place  to  filial  love, 
And  peace  o'erflows  my  heart. 

3  Prisoner  of  hope,  I  still  attend 

The  appearance  of  my  Lord, 
Those  endless  doubts  and  fears  to  end, 
And  speak  my  soul  restor'd  : 

4  Restor'd  by  reconciling  grace  ; 

With  present  pardon  blest  ; 
And  fitted  by  true  holiness 
For  my  eternal  rest. 


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PRAYER  AND  INTERCESSION. 

HYMN  81.     6  lines  8s. 
Wrestling  Jacob. 

COME.  0  thou  Traveller  unknown, 
Whom  still  I  hold,  but  cannot  see  ! 
My  company  before  is  gone. 

And  I  am  left  alone  with  thee  : 
With  thee  all  night  I  mean  to  stay. 
And  wrestle  till  the  break  of  day. 

I  need  not  tell  thee  who  I  am  ; 

My  sin  and  misery  declare  ; 
Thyself  hast  call'd  me  by  my  name. 

Look  on  thy  hands,  and  read  it  there  : 
But  who.  I  ask  thee,  who  art  thou  I 
Tell  me  thy  name,  and  tell  me  now. 

In  vain  thou  strugglest  to  get  free, 
I  never  will  unloose  my  hold  : 

Art  thou  the  man  that  died  for  me  I 
The  secret  of  thy  love  unfold  : 

"Wrestling,  I  will  not  let  thee  go, 

Till  I  thy  name,  thy  nature  know. 

What  though  my  shrinking  flesh  com- 
plain 

And  murmur  to  contend  so  long  : 
I  rise  superior  to  my  pain  : 

When  I  am  weak,  then  I  am  strong  ! 
And  when  my  all  of  strength  shall  fail, 
I  shall  with  the  God-Man  prevail. 


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Yield  to  me  now,  for  I  am  weak, 
But  confident  in  self-despair  ; 

Speak  to  my  heart,  in  blessings  speak  ; 
Be  conquer d  by  my  instant  prayer  : 

Speak,  or  thou  never  hence  shalt  move, 

And  tell  me  if  thy  name  be  Love. 

'Tis  love  !  'tis  love  !  thou  diedstforme  ; 

I  hear  thy  whisper  in  my  heart  ; 
The  morning  breaks,  the  shadows  flee, 

Pure,  universal  love  thou  art : 
To  me,  to  all,  thy  bowels  move, 
Thy  nature  and  thy  name  is  Love. 

I  know  thee,  Saviour,  who  thou  art, 
Jesus,  the  feeble  sinner's  friend  : 

Nor  wilt  thou  with  the  night  depart, 
But  stay  and  love  me  to  the  end  : 

Thy  mercies  never  shall  remove, 

Thy  nature  and  thy  name  is  love. 

HYMN  82.     L.  M. 

GREAT    God,    indulge    my    humble 
claim, 
Be  thou  my  hope,  my  joy,  my  rest ; 
The  glories  that  compose  thy  name, 
Stand  all  engag'd  to  make  me  blest. 

!  Thou  great  and  good,  thou  just  and  wise, 
Thou  art  my  Father  and  my  God  ! 
And  I  am  thine  by  sacred  ties, 

Thy  son,  thy  servant   bought    with 
blood. 


PRAYER    AND    INTERCESSION'. 


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With  heart,  and  eyes,  and  lifted  hands, 

For  thee  I  long,  to  thee  I  look, 
As  travellers  in  thirsty  lands 

Pant  for  the  cooling  water  brook. 
E'en  life  itself,  without  thy  love, 

No  lasting"  pleasure  can  afford  ; 
Yea,  ?twould  a  tiresome  burden  prove, 

If  I  were  banished  from  thee,  Lord  ! 
I'll  lift  my  hands,  I'll  raise  my  voice, 

While  I  have  breath  to  pray  or  praise  : 
This  work  shall  make  my  heart  rejoice, 

And  spend  the  iemnant  of  my  days. 

HYMN  83.     S.  M. 

MY  God,  my  life,  my  love, 
To  thee,  to  thee  I  call  : 
I  cannot  live  if  thou  remove, 
For  thou  art  all  in  all. 

2  Thy  shining  grace  can  cheer 

This  dungeon  where  I  dwell : 
'Tis  paradise  when  thou  art  here, 
If  thou  depart  'tis  hell. 

3  The  smilings  of  thy  face, 

How  amiable  they  are  ! 
'Tis  heaven  to  rest  in  thine  embrace, 
And  no  where  else  but  there. 

4  To  thee,  and  thee  alone, 

The  angels  owe  their  bliss  ; 
They  sit  around  thy  gracious  throne, 
And  dwell  where  Jesus  is. 


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PRAYER    AND    INTERCESSION. 


5  Not  all  the  harps  above, 

Can  make  a  heavenly  place, 
If  God  his  residence  remove, 
Or  but  conceal  his  face. 

6  Nor  earth,  nor  all  the  sky, 

Can  one  delight  afford  ; 
No,  not  one  drop  of  real  joy, 
"Without  thy  presence,  Lord. 

7  Thou  art  the  sea  of  love, 

Where  all  my  pleasures  roll  : 
The  circle  where  my  passions  move,   . 
And  centre  of  my  soul. 

8  To  thee  my  spirits  fly, 

With  infinite  desire  : 
And  yet  how  far  from  thee  I  lie  ! 
0  Jesus,  raise  me  higher. 

HYMN  84.     L.  M. 
T  THIRST,  thou  wounded  Lamb  of  God, 
JL  To  wash  me  in  thy  cleansing  blood  ; 
To  dwell  within  thy  wounds  ;  then  pain 
Is  sweet,  and  life  or  death  is  gain. 

2  Take  my  poor  heart,  and  let  it  be 
For  ever  clos'd  to  all  but  thee  ! 

Seal  thou  my  breast,  and  let  me  wear 
That  pledge  of  love  for  ever  there. 

3  How  blest  are  they  who  still  abide 
Close  shelter'd  in  thy  bleeding  side  ! 
Who  life  and  strength  from  thence  derive, 
And  by  thee  move,  and  in  thee  live. 


PRAYER    AND    INTERCESSION. 


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4  How  can  it  be.  thou  heavenly  King. 
That  thou  shouldst  us  to  glory  bring  : 
Make  slaves  the  partners  of  thy  throne, 
Deck'd  with  a  never-fading  crown  ? 

HYMN  6.5.     CM. 

JESUS,  thou  all-redeeming  Lord, 
Thy  blessing  we  implore  : 
Open  the  door  to  preach  thy  word, 
The  great,  effectual  door. 

2  Gather  the  outcasts  in.  and  save 

From  sin  and  Satan's  power  ; 

And  let  them  now  acceptance  have, 

And  know  their  gracious  hour. 

3  The  hardness  from  their  hearts  remove, 

Thou  who  for  all  hast  died  : 
Show  them  the  token  of  thy  love, 
Thy  feet,  thy  hands,  thy  side. 

4  Ready  thou  art  the  blood  t'  apply, 

And  prove  the  record  true  : 
And  all  thy  wounds  to  sinners  cry, 
;- 1  suffer'd  this  for  you !  " 

HYMN  86.     CM. 

pOME  Father.  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
\J   One  God  in  persons  three, 
Bring  back  the  heavenly  blessings  lost 
Bv  all  mankind  and  rne. 


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"2  Thy  favor  and  thy  nature  too, 
To  me,  to  all  restore  ; 
Forgive,  and  after  God  renew, 
And  keep  me  evermore. 

3  Lift  up  thy  countenance  serene, 

And  let  thy  happy  child 
Behold,  without  a  cloud  between, 
The  Godhead  reconcil'd. 

4  That  all-comprising  peace  bestow 

On  me,  through  gTace  forgiv'n  ; 
The  joys  of  holiness  below, 
And  then  the  joys  of  heaven  ! 

HYMN  87.     L.  M. 

0  THOU,  to  whose  all-searching  sight, 
The  darkness  shineth  as  the  light, 
Search,  prove  my  heart,  it  pants  for  thee, 
0  burst  these  bonds  and  set  it  free  ! 

2  If  in  this  darksome  wild  I  stray, 
Be  thou  my  light,  be  thou  my  way  ; 
No  foes,  no  violence  I  fear, 

2So  fraud,  while  thou,  my  God,  art  near. 

3  Saviour,  where'er  thy  steps  I  see, 
Dauntless,  untir'd,  I  follow  thee  ; 
O  let  thy  hand  support  me  still, 
And  lead  me  to  thy  holy  hill ! 

4  If  rough  and  thorny  be  the  way, 
My  strength  proportion  to  my  day  ; 
Till  toil,  and  grief,  and  pain  shall  cease, 
Where  all  is  calm,  and  joy,  and  peace. 


PRAYER    AND    INTERCESSION.  ■« 

HYMN  88.     C.  M. 

OSUN  of  Righteousness,  arise 
With  healing  in  thy  wing" : 
To  my  diseas'd,  my  fainting  soul, 
Life  and  salvation  bring. 

2  My  mind,  by  thy  all-quick'ning  power, 

From  low  desires  set  free  ; 
Unite  my  scatter'd  thoughts,  and  fix 
My  love  entire  on  thee. 

3  Father,  thy  long-lost  son  receive  ; 

Saviour,  thy  purchase  own  ; 
Blest  Comforter,  with  peace  and  joy, 
Thy  new-made  creature  crown. 

4  Eternal,  undivided  Lord, 

Co-equal  One  in  Three, 
On  thee  all  faith,  all  hope  be  plac'd, 
All  love  be  paid  to  thee. 

HYMN  89.     4  lines  7s. 

LORD,  we  come  before  thee  now, 
At  thy  feet  we  humbly  bow  ; 
Oh  !  do  not  our  suit  disdain  ; 
Shall  we  seek  thee,  Lord,  in  vain  ? 

2  Lord,  on  thee  our  souls  depend  ; 
In  compassion  now  descend  ; 
Fill  our  hearts  with  thy  rich  grace, 
Tune  our  lips  to  sing  thy  praise. 
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*4  PR  AVER    AND    INTERCESSION". 

3  In  thine  own  appointed  way, 
Now  we  seek  thee,  here  we  stay  ; 
Lord  we  know  not  how  to  go, 
Till  a  blessing  thou  bestow. 

4  Send  some  message  from  thy  word, 
That  may  joy  and  peace  afford  ; 
Let  thy  Spirit  now  impart 

Full  salvation  to  each  heart. 

5  Comfort  those  who  weep  and  mourn, 
Let  the  time  of  joy  return  ; 

Those  that  are  cast  down  lift  up  ; 
Make  them  strong  in  faith  and  hope. 

6  Grant  that  all  may  seek  and  find 
Thee  a  gracious  God,  and  kind  ; 
Heal  the  sick,  the  captive  free  ; 
Let  us  all  rejoice  in  thee. 

HYMN  90.     L.  M. 

JESUS,  from  whom  all  blessing  flow, 
Great  builder  of  thy  church  below  ; 
If  now  thy  Spirit  moves  my  breast, 
Hear  and  fulfil  thine  own  request. 

2  The  few  that  truly  call  thee  Lord, 
And  wait  thy  sanctifying  word, 
And  thee  their  utmost  Saviour  own, 
Unite  and  perfect  them  in  one. 

3  Oh,  let  them  all  thy  mind  express, 
Stand  forth  thy  chosen  witnesses ; 
Thy  power  unto  salvation  show, 
And  perfect  holiness  below. 


PRAYER    AND    INTERCESSION.  *0 

4  In  them  let  all  mankind  behold, 
How  Christians  liv'd  in  days  of  old ; 
Mighty  their  envious  foes  to  move, 
A  proverb  of  reproach — and  love. 

HYMN  91.     C.  M. 

JESTS,  the  all-restoring  Word, 
My  fallen  spirit's  hope, 
After  thy  lovely  likeness,  Lord, 
Ah,  when  shall  I  wake  up ! 

2  Thou,  0  my  God.  thou  only  art 

The  Life,  the  Truth,  the  Way  ; 
Quicken  my  soul,  instruct  my  heart, 
My  sinking  footsteps  stay. 

3  Of  all  thou  hast  in  earth  below. 

In  heaven  above  to  give. 
Give  me  thy  only  love  to  know, 
In  thee  to  walk  and  live. 

4  Open  the  intercourse  between 

My  longing  soul  and  thee, 
Never  to  be  broke  off  again 
To  all  eternity. 

HYMN  9-2.     L.  M. 

MY  hope,  my  all,  my  Saviour  thou, 
To  thee,  lo.  now  my  soul  I  bow  ; 
I  feel  the  bliss  thy  wounds  impart, 
I  find  thee,  Saviour,  in  my  heart. 

2  Be  thou  my  strength,  be  thou  my  way, 
Protect  me  through  my  life's  short  day  ; 


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In  all  my  acts  may  wisdom  guide, 
And  keep  me,  Saviour,  near  thy  side. 

3  Correct,  reprove,  and  comfort  me  ; 
As  I  have  need,  my  Saviour,  be  ; 
And  if  I  would  from  thee  depart, 
Then  clasp,  me,  Saviour,  to  thy  heart. 

4  In  fierce  temptation's  darkest  hour, 
Save  me  from  sin  and  Satan's  power ; 
Tear  every  idol  from  thy  throne, 
And  reign,  my  Saviour,  reign  alone. 

5  My  suff'ring  time  shall  soon  be  o'er, 
Then  shall  I  sigh  and  weep  no  more  ; 

My  ransom 'd  soul  shall  soar  away, 
To  sing  thy  praise  in  endless  day. 

HYMN  93.     L.  M. 

"TT^HOM  man  forsakes  thou  wilt  not 
1 1  leave, 

Ready  the  outcasts  to  receive  : 
Though  all  my  simpleness  I  own, 
And  all  my  faults  to  thee  are  known. 

2  Lord,  I  am  sick,  my  sickness  cure  ; 
I  want,  do  thou  enrich  the  poor  : 
Under  thy  mighty  hand  I  stoop  ; 
Oh,  lift  the  abject  sinner  up  ! 

3  Lord,  I  am  blind,  be  thou  my  sight ; 
Lord,  I  am  weak,  be  thou  my  might : 
A  helper  of  the  helpless  be, 

And  let  me  find  my  all  in  thee ! 


PRAYER    AND    INTERCESSION.  *  * 

HYMN  94.     S.  M. 
TESUS,  I  fain  would  find 
J    Thy  zeal  for  God  in  me  : 
Thy  yearning  pity  for  mankind, 
Thy  burning  charity. 

2  In  me  thy  Spirit  dwell ! 
In  me  thy  bowels  move  ! 
So  shall  the  fervor  of  my  zeal 
Be  the  pure  flame  of  love. 

HYMN  95.     C.  M. 

OWOULDST  thou  cast  a  pitying  look, 
All  goodness  as  thou  art, 
Like  that  which  faithless  Peter's  broke, 
On  each  obdurate  heart ! 

2  Who  thee  beneath  their  feet  have  trod, 

And  crucified  afresh, 
Touch  with  thine  all-victorious  blood, 
And  turn  the  stone  to  flesh. 

3  Open  their  eyes  thy  cross  to  see, 

Their  ears  to  hear  thy  cries  : 
Sinner,  thy  Saviour  weeps  for  thee, 
For  thee  he  weeps  and  dies. 

4  All  the  day  long  he  meekly  stands, 

His  rebels  to  receive  ; 
And  shows  his  wounds  and  spreads  his 
hands, 
And  bids  you  turn  and  live. 


<~  PRAYER    AND    INTERCESSION. 

HYMN  96.     CM. 

COME,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove, 
With  all  thy  quick'ning  powers ; 
Kindle  a  flame  of  sacred  love 
In  these  cold  hearts  of  ours. 

2  Look  how  we  grovel  here  below, 

Fond  of  these  earthly  toys  ; 
Our  souls,  how  heavily  they  go 
To  reach  eternal  joys  ! 

3  In  vain  we  tune  our  formal  songs, 

In  vain  we  strive  to  rise  ; 
Hosannas  languish  on  our  tongues, 
And  our  devotion  dies. 

4  Father,  and  shall  we  ever  live 

At  this  poor  dying  rate  1 
Our  love  so  faint,  so  cold  to  thee, 
And  thine  to  us  so  great? 

5  Come,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove, 

With  all  thy  quick'ning  powers  ; 
Come,  shed  abroad  a  Saviour's  love, 
And  that  shall  kindle  ours. 

HYMN  97.     C.  M. 

ALL  glory  to  the  dying  Lamb, 
And  never-ceasing  praise ; 
While  angels  live  to  know  thy  name, 
Or  men  to  feel  thy  grace ! 


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PRAYER    AND    INTERCESSION.  '^ 

2  With  this  cold,  stony  heart  of  mine, 

Jesus,  to  thee  I  flee  : 
And  to  thy  £race  my  soul  resign, 
To  be  renew' d  by  thee. 

3  Give  me  to  hide  my  blushing  face, 

While  thy  dear  cross  appears  ; 

Dissolve  my  heart  in  thankfulness, 

And  melt  mine  eyes  to  tears. 

HYMN  98.     S.  M. 

OMAY  thy  powerful  word 
Inspire  a  feeble  worm 
To  rush  into  thy  kingdom.  Lord, 
And  take  it  as  by  storm. 

2  0  may  we  all  improve 

The  grace  already  given. 
To  seize  the  crown  of  perfect  love, 
And  scale  the  mount  of  heaven  ! 

HY.MX  99.     C.  M. 

FATHER.  I  stretch  my  hands  to  thee, 
No  other  help  I  know  ; 
If  thou  withdraw  thyself  frum  me, 
Ah,  whither  shall  I  go  ! 

2  What  did  thine  only  Son  endure, 
Before  I  drew  my  breath  ! 
What  pain,  what  labor  to  secure 
My  soul  from  endless  death  ! 


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3  Author  of  faith,  to  thee  I  lift 

My  weary,  longing  eyes  ; 
Oh.  let  me  now  receive  that  gift. 
My  soul  without  it  dies. 

4  The  worst  of  sinners  would  rejoice, 

Could  they  but  see  thy  face  : 
Oh.  let  me  hear  thy  cuick'mng  voice, 
And  taste  thy  pard'nmg  grace  ! 

HYMN  100.     L.  M. 

OTHOU,  whom  all  thy  saints  adore, 
We  now  with  all  thy  saints  agree, 
And  bow  our  inmost  souls  before 
Thy  glorious,  awful  Majesty. 

2  We  come,  great  God.  to  seek  thy  face, 

And  for  thy  loving  kindness  wait ; 
And  oh,  how  dreadful  is  this  place  ! 
'Tis  God's  own  house,  'tis  heaven's 
gate  ! 

3  Tremble  our  hearts  to  find  thee  nigh, 

To  thee  our  txembline  hearts  aspire  : 
And  lo  !   we  see  descend  from  high, 
The  pillar  and  the  fame  o: 

4  Still  ict  El  on  th"  assembly  stay. 

And  — '-,rv  fiD  : 

To  Canaan's  bounds  I  :he  way, 

And  lead  us  to  thy  holy  hill. 


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HYMN  101.     L.  M. 

OLET  the  prisoner's  mournful  cries. 
As  incense  in  thy  sieht  appear ! 
Their  humble  wailings  pierce  the  skies, 
If,  haply,  they  may  feel  thee  near. 

2  The  captive  exiles  make  their  moans, 

From  sin  impatient  to  be  free  : 
Call  home,  call  home  thy  banish'd  ones  ! 
Lead  captive  their  captivity  ! 

3  Show  them  the  blood  that  bought  their 

peace. 
The  anchor  of  their  stedfast  hope  ; 
And  bid  their  guilty  terrors  cease, 
And  bring  the  ransom'd  prisoners  up. 

4  Out  of  the  deep  regard  their  cries, 

The  fallen  raise,  the  mourners  cheer  ; 
Oh,  Sun  of  Righteousness,  arise, 
And  scatter  all  their  doubt  and  fear ! 


JUSTIFICATION  BY  FAITH. 

HYMN  102.     L.  M. 
tJTHOB  of  faith,  eternal  Word, 


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A  w 


flame, 

Faith,  like  its  finisher  and  Lord, 
To-dav  as  yesterday  the  same. 


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JUSTIFICATION    BY    FAITH. 


2  By  faith  we  know  thee  strong  to  save, 

(Save  us,  a  present  Saviour  thou !) 
Whate'er  we  hope,  by  faith  we  have  ; 
Future  and  past  subsisting  now. 

3  To  him  that  in  thy  name  believes 

Eternal  life  with  thee  is  given, 
Into  himself  he  all  receives, 

Pardon,  and  holiness,  and  heaven. 

4  Faith  lends  its  realizing  light, 

The  clouds  disperse,  the  shadows  fly, 
The  Invisible  appears  in  sight, 
And  God  is  seen  by  mortal  eye. 

HYMN  103.     S.  M. 

HOW  can  a  sinner  know 
His  sins  on  earth  forgiven  ? 
How  can  my  gracious  Saviour  show 
My  name  inscribed  in  heaven'? 

2  What  we  have  felt  and  seen, 
With  confidence  we  tell ; 

And  publish  to  the  sons  of  men, 
The  signs  infallible. 

3  We  who  in  Christ  believe 
That  he  for  us  hath  died, 

We  all  his  unknown  peace  receive, 
And  feel  his  blood  applied. 

4  Exults  our  rising  soul, 

Disburthen'd  of  her  load, 
And  swells  unutterably  full 
Of  glory  and  of  God. 


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5  His  love  surpassing  far 

The  love  of  all  beneath, 
We  find  within  our  hearts,  and  dare 
The  pointless  darts  of  death. 

6  Stronger  than  death  or  hell. 

The  sacred  power  we  prove  ; 
And  conqu'rors  of  the  world,  we  dwell 
In  heaven,  who  dwell  in  love. 

HYMN  104.     4  8s  &  2  6s. 

THOU  great  mysterious  God  unknown, 
Whose  love  hath  gently  led  me  on, 
Even  from  my  infant  days  ; 
Mine  inmost  soul  expose  to  view, 
And  tell  me  if  I  ever  knew 
Thy  justifying  grace. 

2  Short  of  thy  love  I  would  not  stop, 
A  stranger  to  the  Gospel  hope. 

The  sense  of  sin  forgiven  : 
I  would  not,  Lord,  my  soul  deceive, 
Without  the  inward  witness  live, 

That  antepast  of  heaven. 

3  If  now  the  witness  were  in  me, 
Would  he  not  testify  of  thee, 

In  Jesus  reconcil'd  ? 
And  should  I  not  with  faith  draw  nigh, 
And  boldly,  Abba,  Father,  cry, 

And  know  myself  thy  child? 

4  Father,  in  me  reveal  thy  Son, 

And  to  my  inmost  soul  make  known 


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How  merciful  thou  art  : 
The  secret  of  thy  love  reveal. 
And  by  thy  hallowing  Spirit  dwell 

For  ever  in  my  heart ! 

HYMN  105.     S.  M. 
"TT^E  by  his  Spirit  prove. 
1  V    And  know  the  things  of  God, 
The  things  which  freely  of  his  love 
He  hath  on  us  bestow'd. 

2  His  Spirit  to  us  he  crave. 

And  dwells  in  us  we  know  ; 
The  witness  in  ourselves  we  have, 
And  all  its  fruits  we  show. 

3  The  meek  and  lowly  heart 

That  in  our  Saviour  was. 
To  us  his  Spirit  does  impart. 
And  signs  us  with  his  cross. 

4  Our  nature's  turn'd,  our  mind 

Transform'd  in  all  its  powers  ; 

And  both  the  witnesses  are  join'd 

The  Spirit  of  God  with  ours. 

HYMN  106.     4  6s  &  2  8s. 

K  RISE,  my  soul,  arise. 
J\.  Shake  off  thy  guilty  fears, 
The  bleeding  Sacrifice 

In  my  behalf  appears  ; 
Before  the  throne  my  Surety  stands, 
My  name  is  written  on  his  hands. 


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He  ever  lives  above. 

For  me  to  intercede  ; 
His  all-redeeming  love, 

His  precious  blood  to  plead  ; 
His  blood  aton'd  for  all  our  race, 
And  sprinkles  now  the  throne  of  grace. 
Five  bleeding  wounds  he  bears, 

Receiv'd  on  Calvary  ; 
They  pour  effectual  prayers. 

They  strongly  speak  for  me  : 
Forgive  him,  oh,  forgive,  they  cry, 
Nor  let  that  ransom'd  sinner  die  ! 
The  Father  hears  him  pray. 

His  dear  anointed  One  : 
He  cannot  turn  away 

The  presence  of  his  Son  : 
His  Spirit  answers  to  the  blood, 
And  tells  me  I  am  born  of  God. 
My  God  is  reconcil'd, 

His  pard'mng  voice  1  hear  : 
He  owns  me  for  his  child, 

I  can  no  longer  fear ; 
With  confidence  I  now  draw  nigh, 
And  Father,  Abba,  Father,  cry. 

HYMN  107.     C.  M. 

GREAT  God !  to  me  the  sight  afford, 
To  him  of  old  allow'd  ; 
And  let  my  faith  behold  its  Lord, 
Descending  in  a  cloud  ! 


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JUSTIFICATION    BY    FAITH. 


2  The  Lord,  the  mighty  God  thou  art, 

But  let  me  rather  prove 
That  name  inspoken  to  my  heart, 
That  favorite  name  of  Love. 

3  Merciful  God,  thyself  proclaim 

In  this  polluted  breast ; 
Mercy  is  thy  distinguish* d  name, 
And  suits  the  sinner  best. 

4  Our  misery  doth  for  pity  call, 

Our  sin  implores  thy  grace  ; 
And  thou  art  merciful  to  all 
Our  lost  apostate  race. 

HYMN  108.    C.  M. 

I  ASK  the  gift  of  righteousness, 
The  sin-subduing  power ; 
Power  to  believe,  and  go  in  peace, 
And  never  grieve  thee  more. 

2  I  ask  the  blood-bought  pardon  seal'd, 

'The  liberty  from  sin  : 
The  grace  infus'd,  the  love  reveal'd, 
The  kingdom  fixt  within. 

3  Art  thou  not  able  to  convert ? 

Art  thou  not  willing  too  ? 
To  change  this  old  rebellious  heart, 
To  conquer  and  renew  ? 

4  Thou  canst,  thou  wilt,  I  dare  believe, 

So  arm  me  with  thy  power, 
That  I  to  sin  may  never  cleave, 
May  never  feel  it  more. 


JUSTIFICATION    BY    FAITH. 


HYMN  109.     4  Ss  &  2  6s. 


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OTHOU  who  hast  oar  sorrows  borne, 
Help  us  to  look  on  thee  and  mourn, 
On  thee  whom  we  have  slain  ; 
Have  pierc'd  a  thousand,  thousand  times, 
And  by  reiterated  crimes 
Renew'd  thy  sacred  pain. 

2  Vouchsafe  us  eyes  of  faith  to  see 
The  man  transfix'd  on  Calvary! 

To  know  thee  who  thou  art. 
The  One  Eternal  God  and  True ; 
And  let  the  sight  affect,  subdue. 

And  break  my  stubborn  heart. 

3  The  veil  of  unbelief  remove. 
And  by  thy  manifested  love. 

And  by  thy  sprinkled  blood, 
Destroy  the  love  of  sin  in  me, 
And  get  thyself  the  victory, 

And  bring  me  back  to  God. 

4  Xow  let  thy  dying  love  constrain 
My  soul  to  love  its  God  again, 

Its  God  to  glorify  ! 
And,  lo  !  I  come  thy  cross  to  share, 
Echo  thy  sacrificial  prayer, 

And  with  my  Saviour  die. 


88  REJOICING    AND    PRAISE. 

REJOICING  AND  PRAISE. 

HYMN  110.     C.  M. 

0FOR  a  thousand  tongues  to  sing 
My  great  Redeemer's  praise  ! 
The  glories  of  my  God  and  King, 
The  triumphs  of  his  grace  ! 

2  My  gracious  Master  and  my  God, 

Assist  me  to  proclaim  ; 
To  spread  through  all  the  earth  abroad, 
The  honors  of  thy  name. 

3  Jesus  ! — the  name  that  charms  our  fears, 

That  bids  our  sorrows  cease  ; 
'Tis  music  in  the  sinner's  ears, 
'Tis  life,  and  health,  and  peace. 

4  He  breaks  the  power  of  cancell'd  sin, 

He  sets  the  prisoner  free  ; 
His  blood  can  make  the  foulest  clean, 
His  blood  avail* d  for  me. 

5  He  speaks — and,  listening  to  his  voice, 

New  life  the  dead  receive  ; 
The  mournful,  broken  hearts  rejoice, 
The  humble  poor  believe. 


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HYMN  111.     P.  M. 

OW  happy  are  they 
Who  their  Saviour  obey, 


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And  have  laid  up  their  treasure  above  ! 
Tongue  cannot  express 
The  sweet  comfort  and  peace 

Of  a  soul  in  its  earliest  love  ! 

2  That  comfort  was  mine, 
When  the  favor  divine 

I  first  found  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb  ; 

When  my  heart  it  believ'd, 

What  a  joy  I  receiv'd, 
What  a  heaven  in  Jesus'  name  ! 

3  'Twas  a  heaven  below, 
My  Redeemer  to  know  : 

The  ano-els  could  do  nothing-  more 

Than  to  fall  at  his  feet, 

And  the  story  repeat. 
And  the  Lover  of  sinners  adore. 

4  Jesus  all  the  day  long- 
Was  my  joy  and  my  song  : 

Oh,  that  all  his  salvation  might  see  ! 

He  hath  lov'd  me.  I  cried, 

He  hath  suffer'd  and  died, 
To  redeem  such  a  rebel  as  me. 

5  On  the  wings  of  his  love 
I  was  carried  above 

All  sin,  and  temptation,  and  pain  ; 

I  could  not  believe 

That  T  ever  should  grieve, 
That  I  ever  should  suffer  again. 


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REJOICING    AND    PRAISE. 


6  I  rode  on  the  sky, 
Freely  justified  I, 

Nor  did  envy  Elijah  his  seat : 

My  soul  mounted  higher, 

In  a  chariot  of  fire, 
And  the  moon  it  was  under  my  feet. 

7  Oh,  the  rapturous  height 
Of  that  holy  delight 

Which  I  felt  in  the  life  giving  blood  ! 

Of  my  Saviour  possest, 

I  was  perfectly  blest, 
As  if  fill'd  with  the  fulness  of  God. 

HYMN  112.     C.  M. 

THY  presence,  Lord,  the  place  shall  fill, 
My  heart  shall  be  thy  throne  ; 
Thy  holy,  just  and  perfect  will, 
Shall  in  my  flesh  be  done. 

2  I  thank  thee  for  the  present  grace, 

And  now  in  hope  rejoice ; 
In  confidence  to  see  thy  face, 
And  always  hear  thy  voice. 

3  I  have  the  things  I  ask  of  thee, 

What  shall  I  more  require  ? 
That  still  my  soul  may  restless  be, 
And  only  thee  desire. 

4  Thy  only  will  be  done,  not  mine, 

But  make  me,  Lord,  thy  home  ; 
Come  when  thou  wilt,  I  that  resign, 
But  oh,  my  Jesus,  come ! 


REJOICING    AND    PRAISE. 

HYMN  113.     C.  M. 


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COME,  let  us  who  in  Christ  believe, 
Our  common  Saviour  praise  : 
To  him,  with  joyful  voices,  give 
The  glory  of  his  grace. 

2  He  now  stands  knocking  at  the  door 

Of  every  sinner's  heart  ; 
The  worst  need  keep  him  out  no  more, 
Or  force  him  to  depart. 

3  Through  grace  we  hearken  to  thy  voice, 

Yield  to  be  savrd  from  sin  ; 
In  sure  and  certain  hope  rejoice, 
That  thou  wilt  enter  in. 

4  Come  quickly  in,  thou  heavenly  guest, 

Nor  ever  hence  remove  ; 
But  sup  with  us,  and  let  the  feast 
Be  everlasting  love. 

HYMN  114.     C.  M. 

TALK  with  us,  Lord,  thyself  reveal, 
^Yhile  here  o'er  earth  we  rove  ; 
Speak  to  our  hearts,  and  let  us  feel 
The  kindlings  of  thy  love. 

2  With  thee  conversing,  we  forget 
All  time,  and  toil,  and  care  : 
Labor  is  rest,  and  pain  is  sweet, 
If  thou,  my  God,  art  here. 


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3  Here  then,  my  God,  vouchsafe  to  stay, 

And  bid  my  heart  rejoice  ; 
My  bounding  heart  shall  own  thy  sway, 
And  echo  to  thy  voice. 

4  Thou  callest  me  to  seek  thy  face  ; 

'Tis  all  I  wish  to  seek  : 
T'  attend  the  whispers  of  thy  grace, 
And  hear  thee  inly  speak. 

5  Let  this  my  every  hour  employ, 

Till  I  thy  glory  see  ! 
Enter  into  my  Master's  joy, 
And  find  my  heaven  in  thee. 

HYMX  115.     4  8s  &  2  6s. 

HOW  happy,  gracious  Lord,  are  we  ? 
Divinely  drawn  to  follow  thee, 
Whose  hours  divided  are 
Betwixt  the  mount  and  multitude  : 
Our  day  is  spent  in  doing  good. 
Our  night  in  praise  and  prayer. 

2  With  us  no  melancholy  void. 
No  moment  lingers  unemploy'd, 

Or  unimprov'd  below  : 
Our  weariness  of  life  is  gone, 
Who  live  to  serve  our  God  alone, 

And  only  thee  to  know. 

3  The  winter's  night  and  summer's  day 
Glide  imperceptibly  away, 


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Too  short  to  sing  thy  praise ; 
Too  few  we  find  the  happy  hours. 
And  haste  to  join  those  heavenly  powers 

In  everlasting  lays. 

4  With  all  who  chant  thy  name  on  high, 
And  holy.  holy,  holy,  cry. — 

A  bright  harmonious  throng  ! — 
We  long  thy  praises  to  repeat. 
And  ceaseless  sing,  around  thy  seat, 

The  new  eternal  song. 

HYMN  116.     C.  M. 

JESUS,  to  thee  I  now  can  fly, 
On  whom  my  help  is  laid  ; 
Opprest  by  sins,  I  lift  my  eye, 
And  see  the  shadows  fade. 

2  Believing  on  my  Lord.  I  find 

A  sure  and  present  aid  : 
On  thee  alone  my  constant  mind 
Be  every  moment  stay*d ! 

3  Whate'er  in  me  seems  wise  or  good, 

Or  strong,  I  here  disclaim  : 
I  wash  my  garments  in  the  blood 
Of  the  atoning  Lamb. 

4  Jesus,  my  strength,  my  life,  my  rest, 

On  thee  will  I  depend, 
Till  summon  d  to  the  marriage  feast, 
When  faith  in  sight  shall  end. 


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HYMN  117.     L.  M. 


JESUS,  thou  everlasting  King, 
Accept  the  tribute  which  we  bring  ! 
Accept  thy  well-deserv'd  renown, 
And  wear  our  praises  as  thy  crown. 

2  Let  every  act  of  worship  be, 
Like  our  espousals,  Lord,  to  thee  ; 
Like  the  blest  hour  when  from  above 
We  first  receiv'd  the  pledge  of  love. 

3  The  gladness  of  that  happy  day, 
Oh,  may  it  ever,  ever  stay  ! 

Nor  let  our  faith  forsake  its  hold. 
Nor  hope  decline,  nor  love  grow  cold  : 

4  Each  following  minute,  as  it  flies, 
Increase  thy  praise,  improve  our  joys, 
Till  we  are  rais'd  to  sing  thv  name 
At  the  great  supper  of  the  Lamb. 

HYMN  118.     8  lines  8s. 

THOU  Shepherd  of  Israel  and  mine, 
The  joy  and  desire  of  my  heart, 
For  closer  communion  I  pine, 

I  long  to  reside  where  thou  art  : 
The  pasture  I  languish  to  find, 

Where  all  who  their  Shepherd  obey, 
Are  fed,  on  thy  bosom  reclm'd. 

And  screen'd  from  the  heat  of  the  day. 


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Ah  !  show  me  that  happiest  place, 

The  place  of  thy  people's  abode  ; 
Where  saints  in  an  ecstacy  gaze, 

And  hang  on  a  crucified  God  : 
Thy  love  for  a  sinner  declare  ; 

Thy  passion  and  death  on  the  tree  ; 
My  spirit  to  Calvary  bear, 

To  suffer  and  triumph  with  thee. 

?Tis  there  with  the  lambs  of  thy  flock, 

There  only  I  covet  to  rest ; 
To  lie  at  the  foot  of  the  rock, 

Or  rise  to  be  hid  in  thy  breast : 
'Tis  there  I  would  always  abide, 

And  never  a  moment  depart  : 
Conceal'd  in  the  cleft  of  thy  side, 

Eternal]}*  held  in  thy  heart. 

HYMN  119.     8  lines  6s. 

HOW  tedious  and  tasteless  the  hours, 
When  Jesus  no  longer  I  see  ; 
Sweet  prospects,  sweet  birds,  and  sweet 
flowers 
Have  all  lost  their  sweetness  to  me  : 
The  midsummer  sun  shines  but  dim, 

The  fields  strive  in  vain  to  look  gay ; 
But  when  I  am  happy  in  him, 
December  's  as  pleasant  as  May. 

His  name  yields  the  richest  perfume, 
And  sweeter  than  music  his  voice  ; 


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His  presence  disperses  my  gloom. 

And  makes  all  within  me  rejoice  ; 
I  should,  were  he  always  thus  nigh. 

Have  nothing  to  wish  or  to  fear, 
No  mortal  so  happy  as  I. 

My  summer  would  last  all  the  year. 

Content  with  beholding  his  face. 

My  all  to  his  pleasure  resign* d  ; 
No  changes  ol  season  or  place 

Would  make  any  change  in  my  mind  : 
While  biess'd  with  a  sense  of  his  love, 

A  palace  a  toy  would  appear  ; 
And  prisons  would  palaces  prove. 

If  Jesus  would  dwell  with  me  there. 

Dear  Lord,  if  indeed  I  am  thine. 

If  thou  art  my  sun  and  my  song. 
Say  why  do  I  languish  and  pine  ? 

And  why  are  my  winters  so  long  * 
Oh.  drive  these  dark  clouds  from  my  sky, 

Thy  soul-cheering  presence  restore  ; 
Or  take  me  to  thee  up  on  high. 

Where  winter  and  clouds  are  no  more. 

HYMN  120.     L.  M. 

HAPPY  the  man  that  finds  the  grace, 
The  blessing  of  God's  chosen  race  : 
The  wisdom  coming  from  above. 
The  faith  that  sweetly  works  by  love. 


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2  Happy  beyond  description,  he 

Who  knows  "  the  Saviour  died  for  me!'' 
The  gift  unspeakable  obtains. 
And  heavenly  understanding  gains. 

3  Wisdom  divine  !  who  tells  the  prize 
Of  wisdom's  costly  merchandize  i 
Wisdom  to  silver  we  prefer, 

And  gold  is  dross  compar'd  to  her. 

4  To  purest  joys  she  all  invites. 
Chaste,  holy,  spiritual  delights  ; 
Her  ways  are  ways  oi  pleasantness. 
And  all  her  flowery  paths  are  peace. 

HYMN  121.     Ss  &  7s. 

COME,  thou  Fount  of  every  blessing, 
Tune  my  heart  to  sing  thy  grace  : 
Streams  of  mercy  never  ceasing, 

Call  for  songs  of  loudest  praise  : 
Teach  me  some  melodious  sonnet, 
Sung  by  flaming  tongues  above  : 
Praise  the  mount — I'm  lixt  upon  it  : 
Mount  of  thy  redeeming  love! 

2  Here  I'll  raise  my  Ebenezer. 

Hither  by  thy  help  I'm  come  : 
And  I  hope,  by  thy  good  pleasure, 

Safely  to  arrive  at  home. 
Jesus  sought  me  when  a  stranger, 

Wand'rinj  from  the  fold  of  God  ; 


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He,  to  rescue  me  from  danger, 
Interpos'd  his  precious  blood  ! 

3  Oh  !  to  grace  how  great  a  debtor, 

Daily  I'm  constrain'd  to  be? 
Let  thy  goodness,  like  a  fetter, 

Bind  my  wand  "ring  heart  to  thee  : 
Prone  to  wander,  Lord,  I  feel  it ; 

Prone  to  leave  the  God  I  love — 
Here's  my  heart,  oh,  take  and  seal  it ; 

Seal  it  for  thy  courts  above. 

HYMN  122.     S.  M. 

COME,  ye  that  love  the  Lord, 
And  let  your  joys  be  known  : 
Join  in  a  song  with  sweet  accord, 
While  ye  surround  his  throne. 
Let  those  refuse  to  sing, 
Who  never  knew  our  God  ; 
But  servants  of  the  heavenly  King 
May  speak  their  joys  abroad. 

2  The  God  that  rules  on  high, 

That  all  the  earth  surveys. 
That  rides  upon  the  stormy  sky, 

And  calms  the  roaring  seas  ; 

This  awful  God  is  ours, 

Our  Father  and  our  Love  ; 
He  will  send  down  his  heavenly  powers, 

To  carry  us  above. 


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3  There  we  shall  see  his  face, 

And  never,  never  sin  ; 
There  from  the  rivers  of  his  grace 

Drink  endless  pleasures  in  : 

Yea,  and  before  we  rise 

To  that  immortal  state, 
The  thoughts  of  such  amazing  bliss 

Should  constant  joys  create. 

4  The  men  of  grace  have  found 

Glory  begun  below  : 
Celestial  fruit  on  earthly  ground, 

From  faith  and  hope  may  grow  : 

Then  let  our  songs  abound, 

And  every  tear  be  dry  : 
We're    marching   through   Immanuel's 

To  fairer  worlds  on  high.       [ground, 

HYMN  123.     C.  M. 

HAPPY  the  souls  to  Jesus  join'd, 
And  sav'd  by  grace  alone  ; 
Walking  in  all  his  ways,  they  find 
Their  heaven  on  earth  begun. 

2  The  church  triumphant  in  thy  love, 

Their  mighty  joys  we  know  : 
They  sing  the  Lamb  in  hymns  above, 
And  we  in  hymns  below. 

3  Thee  in  thy  glorious  realm  they  praise, 

And  bow  before  thy  throne  ! 
We  in  the  kingdom  of  thy  grace  : 
The  kingdoms  are  but  one. 


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The  holy  to  the  holiest  leads ; 

From  thence  our  spirits  rise  ; 
And  he  that  in  thy  statutes  treads, 

Shall  meet  thee  in  the  skies. 

HYMN  124.     4  6s  &  2  8s. 

LET  earth  and  heaven  agree, 
Angels  and  men  be  join'd, 
To  celebrate  with  me 

The  Saviour  of  mankind  : 
T'  adore  the  all-atoning  Lamb, 
And  bless  the  sound  of  Jesus*  name. 

2  Jesus  !  transporting-  sound  ! 

The  joy  of  earth  and  heaven  : 
No  other  help  is  found, 

No  other  name  is  given, 
By  which  we  can  salvation  have  ; 
But  Jesus  came  the  world  to  save. 

3  Jesus  !  harmonious  name  ! 

It  charms  the  hosts  above  ; 
They  evermore  proclaim, 
And  wonder  at  his  love  ! 
'Tis  all  their  happiness  to  gaze, 
'Tis  heaven  to  see  our  Jesus'  face. 

4  His  name  the  sinner  hears, 

And  is  from  sin  set  free  ; 
'Tis  music  in  his  ears  ; 

'Tis  life  and  victory  : 
New  songs  do  now  his  lips  employ, 
And  dances  his  glad  heart  for  joy. 


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HYMN  125.     L.  M. 

LORD,  how  secure  and  blest  are  they 
Who  feel  the  joys  of  pardon'd  sin  ! 
Should  storms  of  wrath  shake  earth  and 
sea. 
Their  minds  have  heaven  and  peace 
within. 
The  day  glides  sweetly  o'er  their  heads, 

Made  up  of  innocence  and  love  ; 
And  soft,  and  silent  as  the  shades. 

Their  nightly  minutes  gently  move. 
Quick  as  their  thoughts,  their  joys  come 
But  fly  not  half  so  swift  away  :     [on  ; 
Their  souls  are  ever  bright  as  noon. 
And  calm  as  summer  evenings  be. 
How  oft  they  look  to  th*  heavenly  hills. 
Where  groves  of  living  pleasure  grow! 
And  longing  hopes,  and  cheerful  smiles, 

Sit  undisturbed  upon  their  brow. 
They  scorn  to  seek  our  golden  toys, 
But    spend   the    day.    and   share   the 
night, 
In  numbering  o'er  the  richer  joys 

That  heaven  prepares  for  their  delight. 

HYMN  1-26.     C.  M. 

THY  ceaseless,  unexhausted  love, 
Unmerited  and  free. 
Delights  our  evil  to  remove, 
And  help  our  misery. 


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2  Thy  goodness  and  thy  truth  to  me, 

To  every  soul,  abound  , 
A  vast  unfathomable  sea, 

Where  all  our  thoughts  are  drown'd. 

3  Its  streams  the  whole  creation  reach, 

So  plenteous  is  the  store  ; 
Enough  for  all,  enough  for  each, 
Enough  for  evermore. 

4  Throughout  the  universe  it  reigns, 

Unalterably  sure  ; 
iVnd  while  the  truth  of  God  remains, 
His  goodness  must  endure. 

HYMN  127.     10s  &  lis. 

OTELL  me  no  more  of  this  world's 
vain  store,  [o'er ; 

The  time  for  such  trifles  with  me  now  is 
A  country  I've  found  where  true  joys 

abound, 
To  dwell  I'm  determin'd  on  that  happy 
ground. 

2  The  souls  that  believe  in  paradise  live, 
And  me  in  that  number  will  Jesus  receive: 
My  soul,  don't  delay — he  calls  thee  away, 
Rise,  follow  thy  Saviour,  and  bless  the 

glad  day. 

3  Xo  mortal  doth  know  what  he  can  be- 

stow, 
What  light,  strength,  and  comfort — go 
after  him,  go ; 


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103 


Lo,  onward  I  move  to  a  city  above, 
None  guesses  how  woncTroiis  my  jour- 
ney will  prove. 

4  Great  spoils  I  shall  win  from  death,  hell, 

and  sin, 
'Midst  outward  afflictions  shall  feel  Christ 

within  : 
And  when  I'm  to  die,  receive  me,  I'll 

cry, 
For  Jesus  hath  lov'd  me.  I  cannot  tell 

why. 

5  But  this  I  do  find,  we  two  are  so  join'd, 
He'll   not   live  in   glory  and  leave  me 

behind  : 
So  this  is  the  race  I'm  running  through 

grace, 
Henceforth — till    admitted    to    see    my 

Lord's  face. 

HYMN  128.     C.  M. 

MY  God.  the  spring  of  all  my  joys, 
The  life  of  my  delights, 
The  glory  of  my  brightest  days, 
And  comfort  of  my  nights  ! 

2  In  darkest  shades,  if  thou  appear, 
My  dawning  is  begun  ; 
Thou  art  my  soul's  bright  morning  star, 
And  thou  my  rising  sun. 


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3  The  opening  heavens  around  me  shine, 

With  beams  of  sacred  bliss, 
If  Jesus  shows  his  mercy  mine, 
And  whispers  I  am  his. 

4  My  soul  would  leave  this  heavy  clay, 

At  that  transporting  word, 
Run  up  with  joy  the  shining  way, 
To  see  and  praise  my  Lord. 

5  Fearless  of  hell  and  ghastly  death, 

I'd  break  through  every  foe  ; 
The  wings  of  love  and  arms  of  faith, 
Would  bear  me  conqu'ror  through. 

HYMN  129.     6  8s. 

I'LL  praise  my  Maker  while  I've  breath, 
And  when  my  voice  is  lost  in  death, 
Praise  shall  employ  my  nobler  powers, 
My  days  of  praise  shall  ne'er  be  past, 
While  life,  and  thought,  and  being  last, 
Or  immortality  endures. 

2  Happy  the  man  whose  hopes  rely 
On  Israel's  God  :  he  made  the  sky, 
And  earth,  and  seas,  with  all  their 
train  ; 
His  truth  for  ever  stands  secure  : 
He  saves  th/  oppressed,  he   feeds   the 
poor, 
And  none  shall  find  his  promise  vain. 


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3  The  Lord  pours  eyesight  on  the  blind ; 
The  Lord  supports  the  fainting  mind  ; 

He  sends  the  laVring  conscience  peace ; 
He  helps  the  stranger  in  distress, 
The  widow  and  the  fatherless, 

And  grants  the  prisoner  sweet  release. 

4  I'll  praise  him  while  he  lends  me  breath, 
And  when  my  voice  is  lost  in  death, 

Praise  shall  employ  my  nobler  powers ; 
My  days  of  praise  shall  ne'er  be  past, 
While  life,  and  thought,  and  being  last, 

Or  immortality  endures. 

HYMN  130.     C,  M. 

LET  every  tongue  thy  goodness  speak, 
Thou  sovereign  Lord  of  all, 
Thy   strength 'ning    hands    uphold   the 
And  raise  the  poor  that  fall,      [weak, 

2  When  sorrows  bow  the  spirit  down, 

When  virtue  lies  distress'd  ; 
Beneath  the  proud  oppressor's  frown : 
Thou  giv'st  the  mourner  rest. 

3  Thou  know'st  the  pains  thy  servants  feel, 

Thou  hear' st  thy  children's  cry  ; 
And  their  best  wishes  to  fulfil, 
Thy  grace  is  ever  nigh. 

4  Thy  mercy  never  shall  remove 

From  men  of  heart  sincere  : 
Thou  sav'st  the  souls  whose  humble  love 
Is  join'd  with  holy  fear. 
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5  My  lips  shall  dwell  upon  thy  praise. 
And  spread  thy  fame  abroad  ;  . 
Let  all  the  sons  of  Adam  raise 
The  honors  of  their  God. 

HYMN  131.     L.  M. 

PE  AISE  ye  the  Lord,  'tis  good  to  raise 
Your  hearts  and  voices  in  his  praise  : 
His  nature  and  his  works  invite 
To  make  this  duty  our  delight. 

2  A   deep   where   all  our    thoughts    are 

flames  ; 
He  counts   their   numbers,    calls  their 

names ; 
His  wisdom's  vast,  and  knows  no  bound, 
A  deep  where  all  our  thoughts  are  drown'd. 

3  Sing  to  the  Lord,  exalt  him  high, 
Who  spreads  his  clouds  along  the  sky ; 
There  he  prepares  the  fruitful  rain, 
Nor  lets  the  drops  descend  in  vain. 

4  He  makes  the  grass  the  hills  adorn  ; 
He  clothes  the  smiling  fields  with  corn  : 
The  beasts  with  food  his  hands  supply, 
And  the  young  ravens  when  they  cry. 

5  What  is  the  creature's  skill  or  force? 
The  sprightly  man,  or  warlike  horse? 
The  piercing  wit,  the  active  limb? 
Are  all  too  mean  delights  for  him. 


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10" 


6  But  saints  are  lovely  in  his  sight. 
He  views  his  childien  with  delight ; 
He  sees  their  hope,  he  knows  their  fear, 
He  looks,  and  loves  his  image  there. 

HYMN  13-2.     C,  M. 
QALVATION  !  0  the  joyful  sound  ! 
O   What  pleasure  to  our  ears  ! 
A  sovereign  balm  for  every  wound, 
A  cordial  for  our  fears. 

Glory,  honor,  praise,  and  power, 

Be  unto  the  Lamb  for  ever ! 

Jesus  Christ  is  our  Redeemer  ! 

Hallelujah  !  praise  the  Lord  ! 

2  Salvation  !  let  the  echo  fly 

The  spacious  earth  around, 

While  all  the  armies  of  the  sky 

Conspire  to  raise  the  sound. 

Glory,  &c. 

3  Salvation  !  oh,  thou  bleeding  Lamb  ! 

To  thee  the  praise  belongs : 

Salvation  shall  inspire  our  hearts, 

And  dwell  upon  our  tongues. 

Glory,  &c. 

HYMN  133.     C.  M. 

COME,  let  us  join  our  cheerful  song3 
With  angels  round  the  throne ; 
Ten  thousand  thousand  are  their  tongues, 
But  all  their  joys  are  one. 


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2  Worthy  the  Lamb  that  died,  they  cry, 

To  be  exalted  thus  : 
Worthy  the  Lamb,  our  hearts  reply, 
For  he  was  slain  for  us. 

3  Jesus  is  worthy  to  receive 

Honor  and  power  divine  ; 
And  blessings  more  than  we  can  give, 
Be,  Lord,  forever  thine. 

4  The  whole  creation  join  in  on©, 

To  bless  the  sacred  name 
Of  Him  that  sits  upon  the  throne, 
And  to  adore  the  Lamb. 

HYMN  134.     C.  M- 

MY  Saviour,  my  almighty  Friend, 
"When  I  begin  thy  praise, 
Where  will  the  growing  numbers  end ! 
The  numbers  of  thy  grace. 

2  Thou  art  my  everlasting  trust ; 

Thy  goodness  I  adore  : 
Send  down  thy  grace,  oh,  blessed  Lord, 
That  I  may  love  thee  more. 

3  My  feet  shall  travel  all  the  length 

Of  the  celestial  road  ; 
And  march  with  courage  in  thy  strength, 
To  see  the  Lord  my  God. 

4  Awake  !  awake  !  my  tuneful  powers, 

With  this  delightful  song  ; 

And  entertain  the  darkest  hours, 

Nor  think  the  season  long. 


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HYMN  135.     8  lines  8s. 

THIS,  this  is  the  God  we  adore, 
Our  faithful,  unchangeable  Friend  ; 
Whose  love  is  as  great  as  his  power, 

And  neither  knows  measure  nor  end  : 
'Tis  Jesus,  the  First  and  the  Last, 

Whose  Spirit  shall  guide  us  safe  home: 
We'll  praise  him  for  all  that  is  past, 
And  trust  him  for  all  that's  to  come. 

HYMN  136.     P.  M. 

OTHOU  God  of  my  salvation, 
My  Redeemer  from  all  sin, 
Mov'd  by  thy  divine  compassion, — 
Who  hast  died  my  heart  to  win, — 

I  will  praise  thee,  I  will  praise  thee  : 
Where  shall  I  thy  praise  begin] 

2  Though  unseen,  I  love  the  Saviour; 

He  hath  brought  salvation  near ; 
Manifests  his  pard'ning-  favor ; 
And  when  Jesus  doth  appear, 

Soul  and  body 
Shall  his  glorious  image  bear. 

3  While  the  angel  choirs  are  crying, 

Glory  to  the  great  I  AM. 
I  with  them  will  still  be  vieing, 
Glory  !   glory  to  the  Lamb  ! 

Oh,  how  precious 
Is  the  sound  of  Jesus'  name  ! 


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4  Angels  now  are  hov'ring  round  us, 

Unperceiv'd  they  mix  the  throng, 
Wond'ring  at  the  love  that  crown'd  us, 
Glad  to  join  the  holy  song  : 

Hallelujah, 
Love  and  praise  to  Christ  belong  ! 

5  Now  I  see  with  joy  and  wonder, 

Whence  the  gracious  spring  arose  ; 
Anorel  minds  are  lost  to  ponder 
Dying  love's  mysterious  cause  : 

Yet  the  blessing, 
Down  to  all,  to  me  it  flows. 

HYMN  137.     C.  M. 

HOW  happy  every  child  of  grace, 
Who  knows  his  sins  forgiven  ! 
This  earth,  he  cries,  is  not  my  place, 

I  seek  my  place  in  heaven  : 
A  country  far  from  mortal  sight, 

Yet  oh,  by  faith  1  see ; 
The  land  of  rest,  the  saints'  delight, 
The  heaven  prepar'd  for  me. 

2  Oh,  what  a  blessed  hope  is  ours ! 

While  here  on  earth  we  stay, 
We  more  than  taste  the  heavenly  powers, 

And  antedate  that  day  : 
We  feel  the  resurrection  near, 

Our  life  in  Christ  conceal' d  ; 
And  with  his  glorious  presence  here. 

Our  earthen  vessels  fill'd. 


REJOICING    AND    PRAISE. 


Ill 


3  Oh,  would  he  more  of  heaven  bestow  ! 

And  when  the  vessels  break, 
Then  let  our  ransom'd  spirits  go 

To  grasp  the  God  we  seek  : 
In  rapt'rous  awe  on  him  to  gaze 

Who  bought  the  sight  for  me  ; 
And  shout  and  wonder  at  his  grace, 

To  all  eternity. 

HYMN  139.     L.  M. 

JESUS,  thy  blood  and  righteousness 
My  beauty  are,  my  glorious  dress  : 
'Midst  naming  worlds  in  these  array 'd, 
With  joy  shall  I  lift  up  my  head. 

2  Bold  shall  I  stand  in  thy  great  day, 
For  who  aught  to  my  charge  shall  lay ! 
Fully  absolv'd  through  these  I  am, 
From  sin  and  fear,  from  guilt  and  shame. 

3  The  holy,  meek,  unspotted  Lamb, 
Who  from  the  Father's  bosom  came; 
Who  died  for  me,  even  me  t'  atone, 
Now  for  my  Lord  and  God  I  own. 

4  Lord,  I  believe  thy  precious  blood, 
Which  at  the  mercy  seat  of  God 
For  ever  doth  for  sinners  plead, 
For  me,  even  for  my  soul  was  shed. 

5  Lord,  I  believe  were  sinners  more 
Than  sands  upon  the  ocean  shore, 


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Thou  hast  for  all  a  ransom  paid, 
For  all  a  full  atonement  made. 

HYMN  139.     S.  M. 
A  LMIGHTY  Maker,  God, 
Xl_  How  glorious  is  thy  name  ! 
Thy  wonders  how  difTus'd  abroad, 
Throughout  creation's  frame ! 

In  native  white  and  red, 

The  rose  and  lily  stand  ; 
And  free  from  pride  their  beauties  spread, 

To  show  thy  skilful  hand. 

The  lark  mounts  up  the  sky, 

With  unambitious  song  ; 
And  bears  her  Maker's  praise  on  high, 

Upon  her  artless  tongue. 

Fain  would  I  rise  and  sing 

To  my  Creator  too  ; 
Fain  would  my  heart  adore  my  King, 

And  give  him  praises  due. 

HYMN  140.     6  lines  8s. 

AND  can  it  be  that  I  should  gain 
An  interest  in  the  Saviour's  blood? 
Died  he  for  me,  who  caus'd  his  pain? 
For  me,  who  him  to  death  pursu'd? 
Amazing  love  !  how  can  it  be 
That  thou,  my  Lord,  shouldst  die  for  me  ! 


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2  'Tis  mystery  all !     The  Immortal  dies  ! 

Who  can  explore  his  strange  design  ! 
In  vain  the  first-born  seraph  tries 

To  sound  the  depths  of  love  divine ! 
'Tis  mercy  all !  let  earth  adore  : 
Let  angel  minds  inquire  no  more. 

3  He  left  his  Father's  throne  above,— 

So  free,  so  infinite  his  grace  ! — 
Emptied  himself  of  all  but  love, 

And  bled  for  Adam's  helpless  race  : 
'Tis  mercy  all,  immense  and  free, 
For,  0  my  God,  it  found  out  me  ! 

4  Long  my  imprison'd  spirit  lay, 

Fast  bound  in  sin  and  nature's  night ; 
Thine  eye  diffus'd  a  quick'ning  ray ; 

I  woke,  the  dung-eon  flam'd  with  light ! 
My  chains  fell  off,  my  heart  was  free ; 
I  rose,  went  forth,  and  follow 'd  thee. 

HYMN  141.     C.  M. 

O'TIS  delight,  without  alloy, 
Jesus,  to  hear  thy  name  ; 
My  spirit  leaps  with  inward  joy, 
1  feel  the  sacred  flame. 

2  My  passions  hold  a  pleasing  reign, 
When  love  inspires  my  breast ; 
Love,  the  divinest  of  ihe  train, 
The  sovereign  of  the  rest, 


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3  This  is  the  grace  must  live  and  sing-. 

When  faith  and  hope  shall  cease  ; 
Must  sound  from  every  joyfo]  string-. 
Through  the  sweet  groves  of  bliss. 

4  Let  life  immortal  seize  my  clay  : 

Let  love  rehne  my  blood  : 
Her  names  can  bear  my  soul  away, 
Can  brin £  me  near  mv  God. 


CHRISTIAN  FELLOWSHIP. 

HYMN  142.     S.  M. 

A  ND  let  our  bodies  part, 
ix  To  different  climes  repair  ; 
Inseparably  join'd  in  heart. 
The  friends  of  Jesus  are. 

2  Jesus,  the  corner  stone. 

Did  first  our  hearts  unite  ; 
And  still  he  ke-    -         spirits  one, 

Who  walk  with  hirn  in  white. 

3  0  let  us  still  proceed 

In  Jesus'  worn:  below  ; 
And  following:  our  triumphant  Head, 
To  farther  conquest-  | 

4  The  vineyard  of  the  Lord 

Before  his  laborers  lies  ; 


3TIAN  FEU  115 

And  lo  !  we  see  the  vast  reward 
Whi  as  in  the  sk 

5  Oh.  let  our  heart  and  mind 
Continually  ascend. 
That  haven  of  i  find, 

Where  all  our  labors  end  ! 

G  Where  all  oui  o'er, 

Om 
Who  meet  on  that  eternal  shore, 

Shall  nev<  ;:-in. 

HYMN  143.     C.  M. 

LIFT  up  your  heart  to  things  above, 
Y  t  foil  w  e  r  s  of  the  L a mb . 
And  se  his  love, 

An  me. 

2  To  Jesus'  nai 

Whose  meicies  never  end  : 
Rej :  Lee  '  rej  ~  «  '  the  L  r  I  is  Kii  g 

The  King  is  now  our  Friend ! 

3  We  foi  bis  j  unt  all  things  loss, 

On  earthly  good  look  down  : 
And  the  cross, 

Till  we  receive  the  c: 

■i  Oh.  let  us  stir  each  other  aj  . 

Our  faith  by  works  t'  approve. 
By  holy,  purify 

And  the  sweet  task  of  love, 


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5  Let  all  who  for  the  promise  wait, 

The  Holy  Ghost  receive ; 
And  rais'd  to  our  unsinning  state, 
With  God  in  Eden  live  ! 

6  Live,  till  the  Lord  in  glory  come. 

And  wait  his  heaven  to  share  ! 
He  now  is  fitting  up  your  home  : 
Go  on,  we'll  meet  you  there  ! 

HYMN  144.     C.  M. 

ALL  praise  to  our  redeeming  Lord, 
Who  joins  us  by  his  grace, 
And  bids  us  each  to  each  restor'd, 
Together  seek  his  face. 

2  He  bids  us  build  each  other  up  ; 

And  gather'd  into  one, 
To  our  high  calling's  glorious  hope, 
We  hand  in  hand  go  on. 

3  The  gift  which  he  on  one  bestows, 

We  all  delight  to  prove, 
The  grace  through  every  vessel  flows, 
In  purest  streams  of  love. 

4  Even  now  we  think  and  speak  the  same, 

And  cordially  agree, 
United  all  through  Jesus  name 
In  perfect  harmony. 

5  We  all  partake  the  joy  of  one, 

The  common  peace  we  feel ; 
A  peace  to  sensual  minds  unknown, 
A  joy  unspeakable. 


CKEISTIAN    FELLOWSHIP. 


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6  And  if  our  fellowship  below 
In  Jesus  be  so  sweet, 
What  height  of  rapture  shall  we  know, 
When  round  his  thrpne  we  meet ! 

HYMX  145.     S.  M. 

JESUS,  we  look  to  thee, 
Thy  promis'd  presence  claim  ; 
Thou  in  the  midst  of  us  shalt  be, 
Assembled  in  thy  name  : 
Thy  name  salvation  is, 
Which  here  we  come  to  prove  ; 
Thy  name  is  life,  and  health,  and  peace, 
And  everlasting  love. 

2  Not  in  the  name  of  pride 
Or  selfishness  we  meet ; 
From  nature's  paths  we  turn  aside, 
And  worldly  thoughts  forget ; 
We  meet  the  grace  to  take, 
Which  thou  hast  freely  given  ; 
We  meet  on  earth  for  thy  dear  sake, 
That  we  may  meet  in  heaven. 

HYMX  146.     CM. 

LO  !  what  an  entertaining  sight 
Those  friendly  brethren  prove, 
Whose  cheerful  hearts  in  bands  unite 
Of  harmony  and  love ! 


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2  Where  streams  of  bliss  from  Christ  the 

Descend  on  every  soul ;  [spring, 

And  heavenly  peace  with  balmy  wing 
Shades  and  revives  the  whole. 

3  'Tis  pleasant  as  the  morning  dews 

That  fall  on  Zion's  hill, 
Where  God  his  mildest  glory  shows, 
And  makes  his  grace  distil. 

HYMN  147.     S.  M. 

BLEST  are  the  sons  of  peace, 
Whose  hearts  and  hopes  are  one, 
Whose  kind  designs  to  serve  and  please 
Through  all  their  actions  run. 

2  Blest  is  the  pious  house 

Where  zeal  and  friendship  meet, 
Their  songs  of  praise,  their  mino-led  vows, 
Make  their  communion  sweet. 

3  Thus  on  the  heavenly  hills 

The  saints  are  blest  above, 
Where  joys  like  morning  dew  distils, 
And  all  the  air  is  love. 

HYMN  US.     C.  M. 

GIVER  of  concord.  Prince  of  peace, 
Meek,  lamb-like  Son  of  God, 
Bid  our  unruly  passions  cease. 
By  thy  atoning  blood. 


CHRISTIAN    FOLLOWSHIP. 


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2  Subdue  in  us  the  carnal  mind, 

Its  enmity  destroy, 
With  cords  of  love  our  spirits  bind, 
And  mek  us  into  joy. 

3  Us  into  closest  union  draw. 

And  in  our  inward  parts 
Let  kindness  sweetly  write  her  law, 
And  love  command  our  hearts. 

4  0  let  us  find  the  ancient  way 

Our  wond'ring  foes  to  move, 
And  force  the  heathen  world  to  say, 
"  See  how  these  Christians  love  !  "' 

HYMN  149.     S.  M. 

BLEST  be  the  tie  that  binds 
Our  hearts  in  Christian  love  ; 
The  fellowship  of  kindred  minds 
Is  like  to  that  above. 

2  Before  our  Father's  throne, 

We  pour  our  ardent  prayers ; 
Our  fears,  our  hopes,  our  aims  are  one, 
Our  comforts  and  our  cares. 

3  We  share  our  mutual  woes ; 

Our  mutual  burdens  bear  ; 
And  often  for  each  other  flows 
The  sympathizing  tear. 

4  When  we  asunder  part, 

It  gives  us  inward  pain, 
But  we  shall  still  be  join'd  in  heart, 
And  hope  to  meet  again. 


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5  This  glorious  hope  revives 

Our  courage  by  the  way  ; 
While  each  in  expectation  lives, 
And  longs  to  see  the  day. 

6  From  sorrow,  toil,  and  pain, 

And  sin  we  shall  be  free  ; 
And  perfect  love  and  friendship  reign 
Through  all  eternity. 

HYMN  150.     S.  M. 

AND  are  we  yet  alive, 
And  see  each  other's  face  ? 
Glory  and  praise  to  Jesus  give, 
For  his  redeeming  grace  ! 
Preserved  by  power  divine 
To  full  salvation  here, 
Again  in  Jesus'  praise  we  join, 
And  in  his  sight  appear. 

2  What  troubles  have  we  seen  ! 

What  conflicts  have  we  past ! 
Fightings  without,  and  fears  within, 

Since  we  assembled  last ; 

But  out  of  all  the  Lord 

Hath  brought  us  by  his  love  ; 
And  still  he  doth  his  help  afford, 

And  hides  our  life  above. 

3  Then  let  us  make  our  boast 

Of  his  redeeming  power, 
Which  saves  us  to  the  uttermost, 
Till  we  can  sin  no  more  : 


CHRISTIAN    FELLOWSHIP.  1*21 

Let  us  take  up  the  cross, 
Till  we  the  crown  obtain  ; 
And  gladly  reckon  all  things  loss, 
So  we  may  Jesus  gain. 

HYMN  151.     C.  M. 

GOD  of  all  consolation,  take 
The  glory  of  thy  grace  ! 
Thy  gifts  to  thee  we  render  back 
In  ceaseless  songs  of  praise. 

2  Through  thee  we  now  together  carne, 

In  singleness  of  heart ; 
We  met,  0  Jesus,  in  thy  name  ; 
And  in  thy  name  we  part. 

3  We  part  in  body,  not  in  mind  ; 

Our  minds  continue  one  : 
And  each  to  each  in  Jesus  join'd, 
We  hand  in  hand  go  on. 

4  Subsists  as  in  us  all  one  soul : 

No  power  can  make  us  twain ; 

And  mountains  rise,  and  oceans  roll, 
To  sever  us  in  vain. 

HYMN  152.     C.  M. 

TRY  us,  0  God,  and  search  the  ground 
Of  every  sinful  heart : 
Whaterer  of  sin  in  us  is  found, 
Oh,  bid  it  all  depart ! 
9 


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CHRISTIAN    FELLOWSHIP. 


2  When  to  the  right  or  left  we  stray, 

Leave  us  not  comfortless  ; 
But  guide  our  feet  into  the  way 
Of  everlasting  peace. 

3  Help  us  to  help  each  other,  Lord, 

Each  other's  cross  to  hear  : 

Let  each  his  friendly  aid  afford, 

And  feel  his  brother's  care. 

4  Help  us  to  build  each  other  up, 

Our  little  stock  improve  ; 
Increase  our  faith,  confirm  our  hope, 
And  perfect  us  in  love. 

5  Up  into  thee,  our  living  Head, 

Let  us  in  all  things  grow  ; 
Till  thou  hast  made  us  free  indeed, 
And  spotless  here  below. 

6  Then  when  the  mighty  work  is  wrought, 

Receive  thy  ready  bride  ; 
Give  us  in  heaven  a  happy  lot 
With  all  the  sanctified. 

HYMN  153.     C.  M. 

JESUS,  united  by  thy  grace, 
And  each  to  each  endear 'd, 
With  confidence  we  seek  thy  face, 
And  know  our  prayer  is  heard. 
2  Still  let  us  own  our  common  Lord, 
And  bear  thine  easy  yoke  ; 
A  band  of  love,  a  threefold  cord, 
Which  never  can  be  broke. 


BAPTISM. 


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Make  us  into  one  spirit  drink  : 

Baptize  into  thy  Name  ; 
And  let  us  always  kindly  think. 

And  sweetly  speak  the  same. 
Touch'd  by  the  loadstone  of  thy  love, 

Let  all  our  hearts  agree  ; 
And  ever  toward  each  other  move, 

And  ever  move  toward  thee. 


BAPTISM. 


HYMN  154.     L.  M. 
HOME,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
\J   Honor  the  means  ordain'd  by  thee  ; 
Make  good  our  apostolic  boast. 
And  own  thy  glorious  ministry. 

2  We  now  thy  promis'd  presence  claim  ; 

Sent  to  disciple  all  mankind  : 
Sent  to  baptize  into  thy  name  ; 

We  now  thy  promis'd  presence  find. 

3  Father,  in  these  reveal  thy  Son  ; 

In  these  for  whom  we  seek  thy  face  : 
The  hidden  mystery  make  known. 

The  inward,  pure,  baptizing  grace. 
-i  Eternal  Spirit,  descend  from  high, 

Baptizer  of  our  spirits  thou  ! 
The  sacramental  seal  apply, 

And  witness  with  the  water  now  ! 


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BAPTISM. 


HYMN  155.     C.  M. 

CELESTIAL    Dove,    descend    from 
high, 
And  on  the  water  brood  ; 
Come,  with  thy  quick'ning  power  apply 
The  water  and  the  blood. 

2  I  love  the  Lord,  who  stoops  so  low 

To  give  his  word  a  seal ; 
But  the  rich  grace  his  hands  bestow, 
Exceeds  the  figure  still. 

3  Almighty  God,  for  thee  we  call, 

And  our  request  renew  ; 
Accept  in  Christ,  and  bless  withal, 
The  work  we  have  to  do. 

HYMN  156.     S.  M. 

MY  Saviour's  pierced  side 
Pour'd  out  a  double  flood  ; 
By  water  we  are  purified, 
And  pardon'd  by  his  blood. 

2  CalPd  from  above,  I  rise 

And  wash  away  my  sin  ; 
The  stream  to  which  my  spirit  flies, 
Can  make  the  foulest  clean. 

3  It  runs  divinely  clear, 

A  fountain  deep  and  wide  ; 
'Twas  open'd  by  the  soldier's  spear, 
In  my  Redeemer's  side  ! 


LORD  S    SUPPER. 


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HYMN  157.     C.  M. 

HOW  large  the  promise,  how  divine, 
To  Abra'm  and  his  seed  ! 
"  I  am  a  God  to  thee  and  thine, 
Supplying  all  their  need." 

2  The  words  of  his  extensive  love, 

From  age  to  age  endure  ; 
The  Angel  of  the  Covenant  proves 
And  seals  the  blessing  sure. 

3  Jesus  the  ancient  faith  confirms, 

To  our  great  father  given  ; 
He  takes  our  children  to  his  arms, 
And  calls  them  heirs  of  heaven. 

4  Oh,  God,  how  faithful  are  thy  ways  ! 

Thy  love  endures  the  same  ; 
Nor  from  the  promise  of  thy  grace 
Blots  out  our  children's  name. 


LORDS   SUPPER. 

HYMN  158.     L.  M. 

AUTHOR  of  our  salvation,  thee 
With   lowly,   thankful    hearts   we 
praise ; 
Author  of  this  great  mystery, 

Figure  and  means  of  saving  grace. 


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2  The  sacred,  true,  effectual  sign, 

Thy  body  and  thy  blood  it  shows  ; 
The  glorious  instrument  divine, 

Thy  mercy  and  thy  strength  bestows. 

3  We  see  the  blood  that  seals  our  peace  ; 

Thy  pard"ning  mercy  we  receive  ; 
The  bread  doth  visibly  express 

The  strength  through  which  our  spir- 
its live. 

4  Our  spirits  drink  a  fresh  supply, 

And  eat  the  bread  so  freely  given, 
Till  borne  on  eagles'  wing-s  we  fly, 
And  banquet  with  our  Lord  in  heaven. 

HYMN  159.     CM. 

COME,  Saviour,  let  thy  tokens  prove, 
Fitted  for  heavenly  art, 
As  channels  to  convey  thy  love 
To  every  faithful  heart. 

2  The  living  bread  sent  down  from  heaven, 

In  us  vouchsafe  to  be  ; 
Thy  flesh  for  all  the  world  is  given, 
And  all  may  live  by  thee. 

3  Now,  Lord,  on  us  thy  flesh  bestow, 

And  let  us  drink  thy  blood  ; 
Till  all  our  souls  are  fill'd  below, 
With  all  the  life  of  God. 


LORD'S    SVPPER. 


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4  Determin'd  nothing  else  to  know- 
But  Jesus  crucifi'd, 
I  will  not  from  my  Jesus  go, 
Or  leave  his  wounded  side. 

HYMN  160.     S.  M. 

LET  all  who  truly  bear 
The  bleeding  Saviour's  name. 
Their  faithful  hearts  with  us  prepare, 
And  eat  the  Paschal  Lamb  : 
Our  passover  was  slain. 
At  Salem's  hallow'd  place. 
Yet  we  who  in  our  tents  remain. 
Shall  gain  his  largest  grace. 

2  Who  thus  our  faith  employ. 

His  suff 'rings  to  record, 
E'en  now  we  mournfully  enjoy 

Communion  with  our  Lord  : 

As  though  we  every  one 

Beneath  his  cross  had  stood. 
And   seen  him    heave,  and  heard    him 
groan . 

And  felt  his  gushing  blood. 

3  Oh.  God  !   'tis  finish'd  now  ! 

The  mortal  pang  is  past ! 
By  faith  his  head  we  see  him  bow, 

And  hear  him  breathe  his  last  : 

We  too  with  him  are  dead. 

And  shall  with  him  arise  : 
The  cross  on  which  he  bows  his  head. 

Shall  lift  us  to  the  skies. 


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LORD'S    SUPPER. 


HYMN  161.     C.  M. 

JESUS,  at  whose  supreme  command 
We  now  approach  to  God, 
Before  us  in  thy  vesture  stand, 

Thy  vesture  dipt  in  blood  : 
Obedient  to  thy  gracious  word, 

We  break  the  hallow  ?d  bread  ; 
Commem'rate  thee,  our  dying  Lord, 

And  trust  on  thee  to  feed. 
The  living  bread  sent  down  from  heaven, 

In  us  vouchsafe  to  be  ; 
Thy  flesh  for  all  the  world  is  given, 

And  all  may  live  by  thee  : 
Now,  Lord,  on  us  thy  flesh  bestow, 

And  let  us  drink  thy  blood  ; 
Till  all  our  souls  are  fill'd  below, 

With  all  the  life  of  God. 

HYMN  162.     S.  M. 

JESUS,  we  thus  obey 
Thy  last  and  kindest  word ; 
Here  in  thine  own  appointed  way, 
We  come  to  meet  our  Lord. 

2  The  way  thou  hast  enjohrd, 

Thou  wilt  therein  appear ; 
We  come  with  confidence,  to  find 
Thy  special  presence  here. 

3  Whate'er  th'  Almighty  can 

To  pardon' d  sinners  give, 
The  fulness  of  our  God-made  man. 
We  here  with  Christ  receive. 


LORD  S    SUPPER, 


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HYMN  163,     C  M. 

THAT  doleful  night  before  his  death, 
The  Lamb  for  sinners  slain 
Did  almost  with  his  dying  breath, 
This  solemn  feast  ordain. 

2  To  keep  the  feast,  Lord,  we  have  met, 

And  to  remember  thee  : 
Help  each  poor  trembler  to  repeat, 
"  For  me,  he  died  for  me!" 

3  These  sacred  signs,  thy  suff'rings,  Lord, 

To  our  remembrance  bring  : 
We  eat  and  drink  around  thy  board, 
But  think  on  nobler  things. 

4  Oh.  tune  our  tongues,  and  set  in  frame 

Each  heart  that  pants  for  thee, 
To  sing,  M  Hosannah  to  the  Lamb," 
The  Lamb  that  died  for  me  ! 

HYMN  164.     CM. 

T^E  wretched,  hungry,  starving  poor, 
JL    Behold  a  royal  feast ! 
Where   mercy   spreads   her   bounteous 
store, 
For  every  humble  guest. 

2  See,  Jesus  stands  with  open  arms  ; 
He  calls,  he  bids  you  come  : 
Oh,  stay  not  back,  though  fear  alarms  ! 
For  yet  there  still  is  room. 


130 


LORD  S    SITPEK. 


3  Oh.  come,  arid  with  his  children  taste 

The  blessings  of  his  love, 
While  hope  attends  the  sweet  repast 
Of  nobler  joys  above  ! 

4  There,  with  united  heart  and  voice, 

Before  the  eternal  throne. 
Ten  thousand  thousand  souls  rejoice, 
In  ecstacies  unknown. 

5  And  yet  ten  thousand  thousand  more 

Are  welcome  still  to  come  : 
Ye  happy  souls,  the  grace  adore  ; 
Approach,  there  yet  is  room. 

HYMN  165.     C.  M. 

THE  King  o{  heaven  his  table  spreads, 
And  blessings  crown  the  board  ; 
Not  paradise,  with  all  its  joys, 
Could  such  delight  afford. 

2  Pardon  and  peace  to  dying  men, 

And  endless  life  are  given  : 
Through  the  rich  blood  that  Jesus  shed 
To  raise  our  souls  to  heaven. 

3  Millions  of  souls,  in  glory  now, 

Were  fed  and  feasted  here  ; 
And  millions  more,  still  on  the  way, 
Around  the  board  appear. 

4  All  things  are  ready,  come  away, 

Nor  weak  excuses  frame  ; 
Crowd  to  your  places  at  the  fie 
And  bless  the  Founder's  name. 


LOVE-FEAST. 


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HYMN  166.     S.  M. 

GLORY  to  God  on  high, 
Our  peace  is  made  with  Heaven  ; 
The  Son  of  God  came  down  to  die, 
That  we  might  be  forgiven. 

2  His  precious  blood  was  shed, 

His  body  bruis'd  for  sin  : 
Remember  this  in  eating  bread, 
And  this  in  drinking  wine. 

3  Approach  his  royal  board, 

In  his  rich  garments  clad  ; 
Join  every  tongue  to  praise  the  Lord, 
And  every  heart  be  glad. 

4  The  Father  gives  the  Son  : 

The  Son  his  flesh  and  blood  : 
The  Spirit  applies,  and  faith  puts  on 
The  rio-hteousness  of  God. 


LOVE-FEAST. 

HYMN  167.     C.  M. 

COME  let  us  use  the  grace  divine, 
And  all  with  one  accord, 
In  a  perpetual  covenant  join 
Ourselves  to  Christ  the  Lord. 


132 


LOVE-FEAST. 


2  Give  up  ourselves  through  Jesus'  power, 

His  name  to  glorify  ; 
And  promise  in  this  sacred  hour 
For  God  to  live  and  die. 

3  The  covenant  we  this  moment  make, 

Be  ever  kept  in  mind  ; 
We  will  no  more  our  God  forsake, 
Or  cast  his  words  behind. 

4  We  never  will  throw  off  his  fear, 

Who  hears  our  solemn  vow  ; 
And  if  thou  art  well  pleased  to  hear, 
Come  down,  and  meet  us  now  ! 

5  Thee,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 

Let  all  our  hearts  receive  ; 

Present  with  the  celestial  host, 

The  peaceful  answer  give. 

6  To  each  the  covenant  blood  apply, 

Which  takes  our  sins  away  ; 
And  register  our  names  on  high, 
And  keep  us  to  that  day. 

HYMN  168.     4  Ss  &  2  6s. 

EXCEPT  the  Lord  conduct  the  plan, 
The  best  concerted  schemes  are  vain, 
And  never  can  succeed  ; 
We   spend   our  wretched  strength  for 

nought ; 
But  if  our  works  in  thee  be  wrought, 
They  shall  be  blest  indeed. 


LOVE-FEAST.  133 

2  Lord,  if  thou  didst  thyself  inspire 
Our  souls  with  this  intense  desire, 

Thy  goodness  to  proclaim  ; 
Thy  glory  if  we  now  intend, 
Oh,  let  our  deeds  begin  and  end 

Complete  in  Jesus'  name  ! 

3  In  Jesus'  name  behold  we  meet, 
Far  from  an  evil  world  retreat, 

And  all  its  frantic  ways  ; 
Only  one  thing  resolved  to  know, 
And  square  our  useful  lives  below 

By  reason  and  by  grace. 

4  Now,  Jesus,  now  thy  love  impart, 
To  govern  each  devoted  heart, 

And  fit  us  for  thy  will ! 
Deep  founded  in  the  truth  of  grace, 
Build  up  thy  rising  Church,  and  place 

The  city  on  the  hill. 

5  0  let  our  love  and  faith  abound  ! 
0  let  our  lives  to  all  around 

With  purest  lustre  shine  : 
That  all  around  our  works  may  see, 
And  give  the  glory.  Lord,  to  thee, 

The  heavenly  light  divine  ! 

HYMN  169.     C.  M. 

SEE,  Jesus,  thy  disciples  see, 
The  promis'd  blessing  give  ! 
Met  in  thy  name,  we  look  to  thee, 
Expecting  to  receive. 


134 


LOVE-FEAST. 


2  Thee  we  expect,  our  faithful  Lord, 

Who  in  thy  name  are  join'd  ; 
We  wait  according  to  thy  word, 
Thee  in  the  midst  to  find. 

3  With  us  thou  art  assembled  here, 

But,  oh  !  thyself  reveal ! 
Son  of  the  living  God,  appear  ! 
Let  us  thy  presence  feel. 

4  Breathe  on  us,  Lord,  in  this  our  day, 

And  these  dry  bones  shall  live ; 
Speak  peace  into  our  hearts,  and  say, 
"  The  Holy  Ghost  receive." 

HYMN  170.     C.  M. 

BLEST  be  the  dear  uniting  love, 
That  will  not  let  us  part ; 
Our  bodies  may  far  off  remove, 
We  still  are  one  in  heart. 

2  Join'd  in  one  spirit  to  our  Head, 

Where  he  appoints  we  go  ; 
And  still  in  Jesus'  footsteps  tread, 
And  show  his  praise  below. 

3  0  may  we  ever  walk  in  him, 

And  nothing  know  beside, 
Nothing  desire,  nothing  esteem, 
But  Jesus  crucified ! 

4  Closer  and  closer  let  us  cleave 

To  his  beloVd  embrace  ; 
Expect  his  fulness  to  receive, 
And  grace  to  answrer  grace. 


LOVE-FEAST. 


135 


5  Partakers  of  the  Saviour's  grace, 

The  same  in  mind  and  heart, 
Nor  joy,  nor  grief,  nor  time,  nor  place, 
Nor  life  nor  death  can  part. 

6  But  let  us  hasten  to  the  day, 

Which  shall  our  flesh  restore  ; 
When  death  shall  all  be  done  away, 
And  bodies  part  no  more. 

HYMN  171.     4  lines  7s. 

JESUS,  Lord,  we  look  to  thee, 
Let  us  in  thy  name  agree  ; 
Show  thyself  the  Prince  of  Peace  ; 
Bid  our  jars  for  ever  cease. 

2  By  thy  leconciling  love, 
Every  stumbling  block  remove  ; 
Each  to  each  unite,  endear  ; 
Come,  and  spread  thy  banner  here. 

3  Make  us  of  one  heart  and  mind, 
Courteous,  pitiful  and  kind ; 
Lowly,  meek  ;  in  thought  and  word, 
Altogether  like  our  Lord. 

4  Let  us  for  each  other  care, 
Each  the  other's  burden  bear  ; 
To  thy  church  the  pattern  give  ; 
Show  how  true  believers  live. 

5  Free  from  anger  and  from  pride, 
Let  us  thus  in  God  abide  ; 

All  the  depths  of  love  express, 
All  the  heights  of  holiness. 


136 


LOVE-FEAST. 


6  Let  us  then  with  joy  remove 
To  the  family  above  ; 
On  the  wings  of  angels  fly, 
Show  how  true  believers  die. 

HYMN  17-2.     S  lines  7s. 

COME,  and  let  us  sweetly  join, 
Christ  to  praise  in  hymns  divine  ! 
Give  we  all  with  one  accord, 
Glory  to  our  common  Lord  : 
Hands,  and  hearts  and  voices  raise  : 
Sing  as  in  the  ancient  days ; 
Antedate  the  joys  above, 
Celebrate  the  feast  of  love. 

Strive  we,  in  affection  strive  : 
Let  the  purer  rlame  revive  : 
Such  as  in  the  martyrs  glow'd, 
Dying  champions  for  their  God  ; 
We  like  them  may  live  and  love  ; 
Call'd  we  are  their  joys  to  prove  ; 
Sav'd  with  them  from  future  wrath  ; 
Partners  of  like  precious  faith. 

Sing  we  then  in  Jesus'  name, 
Now  as  yesterday  the  same  ; 
One  in  every  time  and  place, 
Full  for  all  of  truth  and  grace  : 
We  for  Christ,  our  Master,  stand, 
Lights  in  a  benighted  land: 
We  our  dyma  Lord  confess, 
We  are  Jesus'  witnesses. 


LOVE-FEAST. 


137 


-i  Witnesses  that  Christ  hath  died : 
"We  with  him  are  crucified  : 
Christ  hath  burst  the  bands  of  death, 
We  his  quick'ning  Spirit  breathe  : 
Christ  is  now  gone  up  on  high  ; 
Thither  all  our  wishes  fly  : 
Sits  at  God's  right  hand  above ; 
There  with  him  we  reign  in  love  ! 

HYMN  173.     8  lines  7s. 

COME,  thou  high  and  lofty  Lord? 
Lowly,  meek,  incarnate  Word  ; 
Humbly  stoop  to  eaith  again  : 
Come  and  visit  abject  man  : 
Jesus,  dear  expected  guest. 
Thou  art  bidden  to  the  feast  : 
For  thyself  our  hearts  prepare  : 
Come,  and  sit,  and  banquet  there  ! 

2  Jesus,  we  thy  promise  claim  : 
We  are  met  in  thy  great  name : 
In  the  midst  do  thou  appear, 
Manifest  thy  presence  here  ! 
Sanctify  us.  Lord,  and  bless  ! 
Breathe  thy  Spirit,  give  thy  peace  ; 
Thou  thyself  within  us  move  : 
Make  our  feast  a  feast  of  love. 

3  Let  the  fruits  of  grace  abound  : 
Let  us  in  thy  bowels  sound, 
Faith,  and  love,  and  joy  increase, 
Temperance  and  gentleness  ; 

10 


138 


FAMILY    WORSHIP, 


Plant  in  us  thy  humble  mind. 
Patient,  pitiful,  and  kind  : 
Meek  and  lowly  let  us  be, 
Full  of  goodness,  full  of  thee. 
4  Make  us  all  in  thee  complete  ; 
Make  us  all  for  glory  meet ; 
Meet  t?  appear  be  lore  thy  sight, 
Partners  with  the  saints  in  light. 
Call,  oh,  call  us  each  by  name, 
To  the  marriage  of  the  Lamb  : 
Let  us  lean  upon  thy  breast, 
Love  be  there  our  endless  feast ! 


FAMILY  WORSHIP. 

HYMX  174.     S.  M. 

WE  lift  our  hearts  to  thee, 
Oh,  Day-star  from  on  high  ! 
The  sun  itself  is  but  thy  shade, 

Yet  cheers  both  earth  and  sky. 

2  Oh,  let  thy  orient  beams 

The  night  of  sin  disperse, 
The  mists  of  error  and  of  vice, 
Which  shade  the  universe  ! 

3  May  we  this  life  improve, 

To  mourn  for  errors  past : 
And  live  this  short  revolving  day, 
As  if  it  were  our  last. 


FAMILY    WORSHIP. 


139 


4  To  God,  the  Father,  Son, 

And  Spirit,  One  in  Three, 
Be  glory,  as  it  was,  is  now, 

And  shall  for  ever  be. 

HYMN  175.     C.  M. 

ONCE  more,  my  soul,  the  rising  day 
Salutes  thy  waking  eyes  ; 
Once  more,  my  voice,  thy  tribute  pay 
To  Him  that  rules  the  skies. 

2  Night  unto  night  his  name  repeats — 

The  day  renews  the  sound — 
Wide  as  the  heavens  on  which  he  sits, 
To  turn  the  seasons  round. 

3  'Tis  He  supports  my  mortal  frame  ; 

My  tongue  shall  speak  his  praise  ; 
My  sins  might  rouse  his  wrath  to  flame, 
But  yet  his  wrath  delays. 

4  Oh,  God,  let  all  my  hours  be  thine, 

Whilst  I  enjoy  the  light  ; 
Then  shall  my  sun  in  smiles  decline, 
And  bring  a  pleasing  night. 

HYMN  176.     CM. 

LORD,  thou  wilt  hear  me  when  I  pray, 
I  am  for  ever  thine  : 
I  fear  before  thee  all  the  day, 
Nor  would  I  dare  to  sin. 


140  FAMILY    WORSHIP. 

2  And  while  I  rest  my  weary  head, 

From  cares  and  business  free, 

'Tis  sweet  conversing  on  my  bed 

With  my  own  heart  and  thee. 

3  I  pay  this  evening-  sacrifice  ; 

And  when  my  work  is  clone, 
Great  God,  my  faith  and  hope  relies 
Upon  thy  grace  alone. 

4  Thus   with   my   thoughts  compos'd  to 

peace, 
I  '11  frive  mine  eyes  to  sleep  ; 
Thy  hand  in  safety  keeps  my  days, 
And  will  my  slumbers  keep. 

HYMN  177.     C.  JVL 

LORD,  in  the  morning  thou  shall  hear 
My  voice  ascending  high  : 
To  thee  will  I  direct  my  prayer, 
To  thee  lift  up  mine  eye. 

2  Up  to  the  hills  where  Christ  is  gone, 

To  plead  for  all  his  saints, 
Presenting  at  the  Father's  throne 
Our  songs  and  our  complaints, 

3  0  may  thy  Spirit  guide  my  feet 

In  ways  of  righteousness  ! 
Make  every  path  of  duty  straight, 
And  plain  before  my  face.        g 


FAMILY    WORSHIP. 


141 


4  Now  to  thy  house  will  I  resort, 
To  taste  thy  mercies  there  ; 
I  will  frequent  thy  holy  court, 
And  worship  in  thy  fear. 

HYMN  178.     S.  M. 

SEE  how  the  morning  sun 
Pursues  his  shining  way  ; 
And  wide  proclaims  his  Maker's  praise, 
With  every  brightening  ray. 

2  Serene  I  laid  me  down, 

Beneath  his  guardian  care  ; 

1  slept,  and  I  awoke,  and  found 

My  kind  Preserver  near  ! 

3  My  life  I  would  anew 

Devote,  0  Lord,  to  thee  ; 
And  in  thy  service  I  would  spend 
A  long  eternity. 

HYMN  179.     L.  M. 

MY  God,  how  endless  is  thy  love  ! 
Thy  gifts  are  every  evening  new  ; 
And  morning  mercies  from  above, 
Gently  descend  like  early  dew. 

2  Thou  spread'st  the  curtains  of  the  night. 

Great  Guardian  of  my  sleeping  hours  ; 

Thy  sovereign  word  restores  the  light ; 

And  quickens  all  my  drowsy  powers. 


142 


FAMILY    WORSHIP. 


3  I  yield  myself  to  thy  command  ; 

To  thee  devote  my  nights  and  days  ; 
Perpetual  blessings  from  thy  hand, 
Demand  perpetual  songs  of  praise. 

HYMN  180.     8  lines  7s. 

OMNIPRESENT  God  !  whose  aid 
No  one  ever  ask'd  in  vain, 
Be  this  night  about  ray  bed  ; 

Every  evil  thought  restrain  : 
Lay  thy  hand  upon  my  soul, 

God  of  my  unguarded  hours  ! 
All  my  enemies  control,  - 

Hell,  and  earth,  and  nature's  powers. 

2  Let  me  of  thy  life  partake  ; 

Thy  own  holiness  impart ; 
O  that  I  may  sweetly  wake, 

With  my  Saviour  in  my  heart ! 
O  that  I  may  know  thee  mine  ! 

0  that  I  may  thee  receive  ! 
Only  live  the  life  divine ! 

Only  to  thy  glory  live, 

HYMN  181.     C.  M. 

"VTOW  from  the  altar  of  our  hearts, 
1 1    Let  warmest  thanks  arise  ; 
Assist  us,  Lord,  to  offer  up 
Our  evening  sacrifice. 


FAMILY    WORSHIP. 


143 


2  This  day  God  was  our  sun  and  shield, 

Our  keeper  and  our  guide  ; 
His  care  was  on  our  weakness  shown, 
His  mercies  multiplied. 

3  Minutes  and  mercies  multiplied, 

Have  made  up  all  this  day  ; 
Minutes  came  quick,  but  mercies  were 
More  swift  and  free  than  they. 

4  New  time,  new  favors,  and  new  joys, 

Do  a  new  song  require  : 
Till  we  shall  praise  thee  as  we  would, 
Accept  our  hearts'  desire. 

HYMN  182.     L.  M. 

THUS  far  the  Lord  hath  led  me  on, 
Thus  far  his  power  prolongs  my  days, 
And  every  evening  shall  make  known 
Some  fresh  memorial  of  his  grace. 

2  Much  of  my  time  has  run  to  waste, 

And  I  perhaps  am  near  my  home  : 
But  he  forgives  my  follies  past, 
And  gives  me  strength  for  days  to  come. 

3  I  lay  my  body  down  to  sleep  ; 

Peace  is  the  pillow  for  my  head  ; 
While  well-appointed  angels  keep 
Their  watchful  stations  round  my  bed. 

4  Thus,  when  the  night  of  death  shall  come, 

My  flesh  shall  rest  beneath  the  ground, 
And  wait  thy  voice  to  rouse  my  tomb, 
With  sweet  salvation  in  the  sound. 


144 


FAMILY    WORSHIP. 


HYMN  183.     4  8s  &  2  6s. 

I  AND  my  house  will  serve  the  Lord, 
But  first  obedient  to  his  word 
I  must  myself  appear  : 
By  actions,  words,  and  tempers  show, 
That  I  my  heavenly  Master  know, 
And  serve  with  heart  sincere. 

2  I  must  the  fair  example  set, 

From  those  that  on  my  pleasure  wait, 

The  stumbling  block  remove  ; 
Their  duty  by  my  life  explain, 
And  still  in  all  my  works  maintain 
The  dignity  of  love. 

3  Easy  to  be  entreated,  mild, 
Quickly  appeas'd  and  reconcil'd, 

A  follower  of  my  God  : 
A  saint  indeed  I  long  to  be, 
And  lead  my  faithful  family 

In  the  celestial  road. 

HYMN  184.     L.  M. 

EATHER  of  all,  by  whom  we  are, 
For  whom  was  made  whatever  is ; 
"Who  has  entrusted  to  our  care, 
A  candidate  for  glorious  bliss  : 

2  Poor  worms  of  earth,  to  thee  we  cry, 
For  grace  to  guide  what   grace  has 
given  ; 
We  ask  for  wisdom  from  on  high, 
To  train  our  infant  up  for  heaven. 


FAMILY    WORSHIP. 


145 


3  We  tremble  at  the  danger  near. 

And  crowds  of  wretched  parents  see. 
Who,  blindly  fond,  their  children  rear 
In  tempers  far  as  hell  from  thee. 

4  Themselves  the  slaves  of  sense  and  praise? 

Their  babes  they  pamper  and  admire  ; 
And  make  the  helpless  infants  pass 
To  murderer  Moloch,  through  the  fire. 

HYMN  185.     S.  M. 

THE  power  to  bless  my  house. 
Belongs  to  God  alone  : 
Yet  rendering  him  my  constant  vows, 
He  sends  his  blessings  down. 

2  Shall  I  not  then  engage 

My  house  to  serve  the  Lord, 
To  search  the  soul-converting  page, 
And  feed  upon  his  word  : 

3  To  ask  with  faith  and  hope 

The  grace  his  Spirit  supplies, 
In  prayer  and  praise  to  offer  up 
Their  daily  sacrifice  ? 

4  Saviour  of  men.  incline 

The  hearts  which  thou  hast  made. 
Which  thou  hast  bought  with  blood  divine, 
To  ask  thy  promis'd  aid. 


146     PRAYER    AND    WATCHFULNESS. 

PRAYER  AND  WATCHFULNESS. 

HYMN  186.     C.  M. 

I  WANT  a  principle  within, 
Of  jealous  godly  fear; 

A  sensibility  of  sin, 

A  pain  to  feel  it  near : 
I  want  the  first  approach  to  feel. 

Of  pride  or  fond  desire  : 
To  catch  the  wand'ring  of  my  will. 

And  quench  the  kindling  fire. 

2  From  thee  that  I  no  more  may  part, 

No  more  thy  goodness  grieve, 
The  filial  awe.  the  fleshy  heart, 

The  tender  conscience  give. 
Quick  as  the  apple  of  an  eye, 

0  God,  my  conscience  make  ! 
Awake  my  soul,  when  sin  is  nigh, 

And  keep  it  still  awake. 

3  If  to  the  right  or  left  I  stray. 

That  moment.  Lord,  reprove  ; 
Anrl  let  me  weep  my  life  away, 

For  having  griev'd  thy  love. 
Oh.  may  the  least  omission  pain 

My  well-instructed  soul ! 
And  drive  me  to  the  blood  again. 

Which  makes  the  wounded  whole. 


PRAYER    AND    WATCHFULNESS. 


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HYMN  187.     S.  M. 

THE  praying  spirit  breathe, 
The  watching  power  impart ; 
From  all  entanglements  beneath, 

Call  off  my  peaceful  heart : 

My  feeble  mind  sustain, 

By  worldly  thoughts  opprest ; 
Appear,  and  bid  me  turn  again 

To  my  eternal  rest. 
2  Swift  to  my  rescue  come, 

Thine  own  this  moment  seize  ; 
Gather  my  wand 'ring  spirit  home, 

And  keep  in  perfect  peace  : 

Suffer' d  no  more  to  rove 

O'er  all  the  earth  abroad, 
Arrest  the  prisoner  of  thy  love, 

And  shut  me  up  in  God. 

HYMN  188.     C.  M. 
OHEPHERD  divine,  our  wants  relieve, 
O  In  this  our  evil  day  ; 
To  all  thy  tempted  followers  give 
The  power  to  watch  and  pray. 

2  Long  as  our  fiery  trials  last, 

Long  as  the  cross  we  bear. 
0  let  our  souls  on  thee  be  cast, 
In  never-ceasing  prayer ! 

3  The  spirit  of  interceding  grace, 

Give  us  in  faith  to  claim ; 
To  wrestle  till  we  see  thy  face, 
And  know  thv  hidden  name. 


143     PRAYER    AND    WATCHFULNESS. 

4  Till  thou  thy  perfect  love  impart, 

Till  thou  thyself  bestow, 
Be  this  the  cry  of  every  heart, 
I  will  not  let  thee  go. 

5  I  will  not  let  thee  go  unless 

Thou  tell  thy  name  to  me  ; 
With  all  thy  great  salvation  bless, 
And  make  me  all  like  thee. 

6  Then  let  me  on  the  mountain  top 

Behold  thy  open  face  ; 
Where  faith  in  sight  is  swallow'd  up, 
And  prayer  in  endless  praise. 

HYMX  189.     4  8s  &  2  6s. 

HELP,  Lord,  to  whom  for  help  I  fly, 
And  still  my  tempted  soul  stand  by, 
Throughout  the  evil  day  ; 
The  sacred  watchfulness  impart, 
And  keep  the  issues  of  my  heart, 
And  stir  me  up  to  pray. 

2  Whene'er  my  careless  hands  hang  down, 
0  let  me  see  thy  gathering  frown, 

And  feel  thy  warning  eye  ; 
And  starting,  cry,  from  ruin's  brink, 
Save,  Jesus,  or  I  yield,  I  sink  ! 

0  save  me,  or  I  die ! 

3  If  near  the  pit  I  rashly  stray, 
Before  I  wholly  fall  awny 

The  keen  conviction  dart ! 
Recall  me  by  that  pitying  look, 


PRAYER    AND    WATCHFULNESS. 


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That  kind  upbraiding  g-lance,  which  broke 
Unfaithful  Peter's  heart. 

In  me  thine  utmost  mercy  show, 
And  make  me  like  thyself  below, 

Unblamable  in  grace ; 
Ready  prepar'd  and  fitted  here, 
By  perfect  holiness,  t'  appear 

Before  thy  glorious  face. 

HYMN  190.     S.  M. 
A    CHARGE  to  keep  I  have, 

-A  A  God  to  glorify  ; 
A  never-dying  soul  to  save, 

And  fit  it  for  the  sky  : 

To  serve  the  present  age, 

My  calling  to  fulfil — 
Oh,  may  it  all  my  powers  engage, 

To  do  my  Master's  will. 
2  Arm  me  with  jealous  care, 

As  in  thy  sight  to  live  ; 
And  0  thy  servant,  Lord,  prepare, 

A  strict  account  to  give  ! 

Help  me  to  watch  and  pray, 

And  on  thyself  rely  ; 
Assur'd  if  I  my  trust  betray, 

I  shall  for  ever  die. 

HYMN  191.     C.  M. 

HOW  vain  are  all  things  here  below  ! 
How  false,  and  yet  how  fair  ! 
Each  pleasure  hath  its  poison  too, 
And  every  sweet  a  snare. 


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PRAYER    AND    WATCHFULNESS. 


2  The  brightest  things  below  the  sky 

Give  but  a  flatt'ring  light ; 
We  should  suspect  some  danger  nigh, 
Where  we  possess  delight. 

3  Our  dearest  joys  and  nearest  friends, 

The  partners  of  our  blood, 
How  they  divide  our  wav'ring  minds, 
And  leave  but  half  for  God  ! 

4  Dear  Saviour,  let  thy  beauties  be 

My  soul's  eternal  food ; 
And  grace  command  my  heart  away 
From  all  created  good. 


G' 


HYMN  192.     S.  M. 

OD  of  almighty  love , 
By  whose  sufficient  grace 

1  lift  my  heart  to  things  above, 

And  humbly  seek  thy  face  ; 
Through  Jesus  Christ  the  just, 
My  faint  desires  receive, 
And  let  me  in  thy  goodness  trust, 
And  to  thy  glory  live. 

2  Spirit  of  faith,  inspire 
My  consecrated  heart ; 

Fill  me  with  pure  celestial  fire, 
With  all  thou  hast  and  art : 
My  feeble  mind  transform  ; 
And,  perfectly  renew' d, 

Into  a  saint  exalt  a  worm — 
A  worm  exalt  to  God  ! 


PRAYER    AND    WATCHFULNESS. 


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HYMN  193.     L.  M. 

PIERCE,  fill  me  with  an  humble  fear, 
My  utter  helplessness  reveal ; 
Satan  and  sin  are  always  near ; 
Thee  may  I  always  nearer  feel. 

2  0  that  to  thee  my  constant  mind 

Might  with  an  even  flame  aspire  ; 
Pride  in  its  earliest  motions  find, 
And  mark  the  risings  of  desire. 

3  0  that  my  tender  soul  might  fly 

The  first  abhorrd  approach  of  ill  ; 
Quick  as  the  apple  of  an  eye, 
The  slightest  touch  of  sin  to  feel. 

4  Till  thou  anew  my  soul  create, 

Still  may  I  strive,  and  watch,  and  pray  ; 
Humbly  and  confidently  wait, 
And  long  to  see  the  perfect  day. 

HYMN  194.     S.  M. 

GRACIOUS  Redeemer,  shake 
This  slumber  from  my  soul ! 
Say  to  me  now,  t; Awake,  awake, 

And  Christ  shall  make  thee  whole." 

2  Give  me  on  thee  to  call, 

Always  to  watch  and  pray, 

Lest  I  into  temptation  fall, 

And  cast  my  shield  away. 


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PRAYER    AND    WATCHFULNESS. 


3  For  each  assault  prepar'd, 

And  ready  may  I  be, 
For  ever  standing  on  my  guard, 
And  looking  up  to  thee. 

4  Oh,  do  thou  always  warn 

My  soul  of  evil  near  ! 
When  to  the  right  or  left  I  turn, 
Thy  voice  still  let  me  hear  : 

5  "  Come  back  !  this  is  the  way  ! 

Come  back  !  and  walk  therein  !" 
Oh,  may  I  hearken  and  obey, 
And  shun  the  paths  of  sin  ! 

HYMN  195.     S.  M. 

THOU  seest  my  feebleness  ; 
Jesus,  be  thou  rny  power, 
My  help  and  refuge  in  distress, 
My  fortress  and  my  tower. 

2  Give  me  to  trust  in  thee  ; 

Be  thou  my  sure  abode  : 
My  horn,  and  rock,  and  buckler  be, 
My  Saviour  and  my  God. 

3  Myself  I  cannot  save, 

Myself  I  cannot  keep  ; 
But  strength  in  thee  I  surely  have, 
Whose  eyelids  never  sleep. 

4  My  soul  to  thee  alone, 

Now  therefore  I  commend  : 
Thou,  Jesus,  love  me  as  thine  own, 
And  love  me  to  the  end  ! 


PRAYER    AND    WATCHFULNESS. 

HYMN  196.     S.  M. 

BID  me  of  men  beware, 
And  to  my  ways  take  heed ; 
Discern  their  every  secret  snare, 
And  circumspectly  tread. 

2  Oh,  may  I  calmly  wait 

Thy  succors  from  above  ! 

And  stand  against  their  open  hate 

And  well-dissembled  love. 

3  But  above  all,  afraid 

Of  my  own  bosom  foe, 
Still  let  me  seek  to  thee  for  aid, 
To  thee  my  weakness  show. 

4  Hang  on  thy  arm  alone, 

With  self-distrusting  care, 

And  deeply  in  the  Spirit  groan 

The  never-ceasing  prayer. 

HYMN  197.     S.  M. 

GIVE  me  a  sober  mind, 
A  quick  discerning  eye, 
The  first  approach  of  sin  to  find, 
And  all  occasions  fly. 

2  Still  may  I  cleave  to  thee, 
And  never  more  depart, 

But  watch  with  godly  jealousy 
Over  my  evil  heart. 
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153 


154 


PRAYER    AND    WATCHFULNESS. 


3  Thus  may  I  pass  my  days 

Of  sojourning  beneath, 
And  languish  to  conclude  my  race, 
And  render  up  my  breath. 

4  In  humble  love  and  fear, 

Thine  image  to  regain, 
And  see  thee  in  the  clouds  appear, 
And  rise  with  thee  to  reign  ! 

HYMN  198.     L.  Iff. 

OTHOU,  who  all  things  canst  control, 
Chase  this  dread  slumber  from  my 
soul ; 
With  joy  and  fear,  with  love  and  awe, 
Give  me  to  keep  thy  perfect  law. 

2  Oh,  may  one  beam  of  thy  blest  light, 
Pierce  through,  dispel  the  shade  of  night ; 
Touch  my  cold  breast  with  heavenly  fire, 
With  holy,  conqu'ring  zeal  inspire. 

3  With  outstretched  hands,  and  streaming 

eyes, 
Oft  I  begin  to  grasp  the  prize  ; 
I  groan,  I  strive,  I  watch,  I  pray ; 
But  ah  !  how  soon  it  dies  away  ! 

4  The  deadly  slumber  soon  I  feel 
Afresh  upon  my  spirit  steal ; 

Rise,  Lord ;  stir  up  thy  quick'ning  power. 
And  awake  me  that  I  sleep  no  more. 


PRAYER    AND    WATCHFULNESS. 


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5  Single  of  heart,  oh,  may  I  be  ! 
Nothing  may  I  desire  but  thee  : 
Far,  far  from  me  the  world  remove, 
And  all  that  holds  me  from  thy  love  ! 

HYMN  199.     L.  M. 

PRAYER  is  appointed  to  convey 
The  blessings  God  designs  to  give  : 
Long  as  they  live  should  Christians  pray: 
They  learn  to  pray  when  first  they  live. 

2  If  pain  afflict,  or  wrongs  oppress, 

If  cares  distract,  or  fears  dismay  ; 
If  guilt  deject ;  if  sin  distress  ; 

In  every  case,  still  watch  and  pray. 

3  'Tis  prayer  supports  the  soul  that's  weak: 

Tho'  thought  be  broken,  language  lame, 
Pray,  if  thou  canst,  or  canst  not  speak  : 
But  pray  with  faith  in  Jesus'  name. 

4  Depend  on  Him  ;  thou  canst  not  fail ; 

Make  all  thy  wants  and  wishes  known ; 
Fear  not,  his  merits  must  prevail  : 
Ask  but  in  faith,  it  shall  be  done. 

HYMN  200.     C.  M. 

THOU,  Lord,  hast  blest  my  going  out, 
0  bless  my  coming  in  ! 
Compass  my  weakness  round  about, 
And  keep  me  safe  from  sin. 


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PRAYER    AND    WATCHFULNESS. 


2  Still  hide  me  in  thy  secret  place, 

Thy  tabernacle  spread  ; 
Shelter  me  with  preserving  grace, 
And  screen  my  naked  head. 

3  Oh,  that  I  never,  never  more 

Might  from  thy  ways  depart ; 
Here  let  me  give  my  wand'rings  o'er, 
By  giving  thee  my  heart. 

4  Fix  my  new  heart  on  things  above, 

And  then  from  earth  release ; 
I  ask  not  life,  but  let  me  love, 
And  lay  me  down  in  peace. 

HYMN  201.     6  lines  8s. 

OFT  have  we  pass'd  the  guilty  night 
In  revelling  and  frantic  mirth : 
The  creature  was  our  sole  delight, 

Our  happiness  the  things  of  earth  ; 
But  oh,  suffice  the  season  past ! 
We  choose  the  better  part  at  last. 

2  We  will  not  close  our  wakeful  eyes, 

We  will  not  let  our  eyelid  sleep ; 
But  humbly  lift  them  to  the  skies, 

And  all  a  solemn  vigil  keep  ; 
So  many  nights  on  sin  bestow'd, 
Can  we  not  watch  one  hour  for  God  ? 

3  We  can,  0  Jesus,  for  thy  sake, 

Devote  our  every  hour  to  thee  ; 
Speak  but  the  word,  our  souls  shall  wake, 
And  sing  with  cheerful  melody. 


GRACE    AND    PROVIDENCE. 


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Thy  praise  shall  our  glad  tongues  employ, 
And  every  heart  shall  dance  for  joy. 

4  Oh.  may  we  all  triumphant  rise. 

With  joy  upon  our  heads  return, 
And  far  above  these  nether  skies, 

By  thee  on  eagles'  wings  upborne, 
Through  all  yon  radiant  circles  move, 
And  gain  the  highest  heaven  of  love. 


TRUSTING  IN  GRACE  AND  PROVI- 
DENCE. 

HYMN  202.     7s,  6s,  &  1  8. 
TTAIN,  delusive  world,  adieu! 
V     With  all  of  creature  good  ; 
Only  Jesus  I  pursue, 

Who  bought  me  with  his  blood  ! 
All  thy  pleasures  I  forego  ; 

I  trample  on  thy  wealth  and  pride  ; 
Only  Jesus  will  I  know, 
And  Jesus  crucified. 

2  Other  knowledge  I  disdain, 

'Tis  all  but  vanity  : 
Christ,  the  Lamb  of  God,  was  slain, 

He  tasted  death  for  me  ! 
Me  to  save  from  endless  wo, 

The  sin-atoning  Victim  died  ! 
Only  Jesus  will  I  know, 

And  Jesus  crucified ! 


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TRUSTING    IN    GRACE 


3  Here  will  I  set  up  my  rest ; 

My  fluctuating  heart 
From  the  haven  of  his  breast 

Shall  never  more  depart : 
Whither  should  a  sinner  go  ? 

His  wounds  for  me  stand  open  wide  : 
Only  Jesus  will  I  know, 

And  Jesus  crucified ! 

4  0  that  I  could  all  invite, 

This  saving  truth  to  prove  : 
Show  the  length,  the  breadth,  the  height 

And  depth  of  Jesus'  love  ! 
Fain  I  would  to  sinners  show 

The  blood  by  faith  alone  applied ! 
Only  Jesus  will  I  know, 

And  Jesus  crucified. 

HYMN  203.     C.  M. 

WITH  joy  we  meditate  the  grace 
Of  our  High  Priest  above  ; 
His  heart  is  made  of  tenderness, 
His  bowels  melt  with  love. 

2  Touch" d  with  a  sympathy  within, 

He  knows  our  feeble  frame  ; 
He  knows  what  sore  temptations  mean, 
For  he  hath  felt  the  same. 

3  He  in  the  days  of  feeble  flesh, 

Pour  d  out  strong  cries  and  tears  ; 
And  in  his  measure  feels  afresh 
What  every  member  bears. 


AND    PROVIDENCE. 


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4  He'll  never  quench  the  smoking  flax, 

But  raise  it  to  a  flame  : 
The  bruised  reed  he  never  breaks, 
Noi  scorns  the  meanest  name. 

5  Then  let  our  humble  faith  address 

His  mercy  and  his  power  ; 
We  shall  obtain  deliv'ring  grace, 
In  the  distressing  hour. 

HYMN  204.     L.  M. 

JESUS,  my  all.  to  heaven  is  gone  ; 
He  whom  I  fix  my  hopes  upon  ; 
His  track  I  see.  and  I'll  pursue 
The  narrow  way.  till  him  I  view. 

2  The  way  the  holy  prophets  went ; 
The  road  that  leads  from  banishment ; 
The  King's  highway  of  holiness 

I'll  go,  for  all  his  paths  are  peace. 

3  This  is  the  way  I  long:  have  sought, 
And  mourn 'd  because  I  found  it  not ; 
My  grief  a  burden  Ions:  has  been. 
Because  I  was  not  sav'd  from  sin. 

4  The  more  I  strove  against  its  power, 
I  felt  its  weight  and  guilt  the  more  ; 
Till  late  I  heard  my  Saviour  say, 

'f  Come  hither,  soul,  I  am  the  way.'' 

5  Lo  !   glad  I  come,  and  thou,  blest  Lamb, 
Shalt  take  me  to  thee,  whose  I  am  ; 


160  TRUSTING    IN    GRACE 

Nothing  but  sin  have  I  to  give, 
Nothing  but  love  shall  I  receive, 

6  Then  will  I  tell  to  sinners  round, 
What  a  dear  Saviour  I  have  found  ; 
I'll  point  to  thy  redeeming  blood, 
And  say,  "  Behold  the  way  to  God !  " 

HYMN  205.     C.  M. 

MY  God,  my  portion  and  my  love, 
My  everlasting  All, 
I've  none  but  thee  in  heaven  above, 
Or  on  this  earthly  ball. 

2  What  empty  things  are  all  the  skies, 

And  this  inferior  clod  ! 
There's  nothing  here  deserves  my  joys, 
There's  nothing  like  my  God. 

3  In  vain  the  bright,  the  burning  sun, 

Scatters  his  feeble  light ; 
'Tis  thy  sweet  beams  create  my  noon — 
If  thou  withdraw,  'tis  night. 

4  Were  I  possessor  of  the  earth, 

And  call'd  the  stars  my  own, 
Without  thy  graces  and  thyself, 
I  were  a  wretch  undone. 

5  Let  others  stretch  their  arms  like  seas, 

And  grasp  in  all  the  shore  ; 
Grant  me  the  visits  of  thy  face, 
And  I  desire  no  more. 


AND    PROVIDENCE. 


HYMN  206.     4  lines  7s. 


161 


pHILDREX  of  the  heavenly  King, 
\J   As  we  journey  let  us  sing  ; 
Sing  our  Saviour's  worthy  praise, 
Glorious  in  his  works  and  ways. 

2  We  are  travelling  home  to  God, 
In  the  way  our  fathers  trod  ; 
They  are  happy  now.  and  we 
Soon  their  happiness  shall  see. 

3  Oh,  ye  banished  seed,  be  glad, 
Christ  our  advocate  is  made  ; 
Us  to  save,  our  flesh  assumes ; 
Brother  to  our  souls  becomes. 

4  Fear  not,  brethren,  joyful  stand 
On  the  borders  of  our  land  ; 
Jesus  Christ,  our  Father's  Son, 
Bids  us  undismay'd  go  on. 

5  Lord  !  obediently  we'll  go, 
Gladly  leaving  all  below  : 
Only  thou  our  Leader  be, 
And  we  still  will  follow  thee ! 


H 


HYMN  20T.     L.  M. 

OW  do  thy  mercies  close  me  round  ! 
For  ever  by  thy  name  adord  ! 


I  blush  in  all  things  to  abound  ; 
The  servant  is  above  his  Lord  ! 


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TRUSTING    IX    GRACE 


2  Inurd  to  poverty  and  pain, 

A  sufF'ring  life  my  Master  led  ; 
The  Son  of  God,  the  Son  of  Man, 
He  had  not  where  to  lay  his  head. 

3  But  lo  !  a  place  he  hath  prepar'd 

For  me,  whom  watchful  angels  keep  ; 
Yea,  he  himself  becomes  my  guard  ; 
He  smooths  my  bed  and  gives  me  sleep . 

4  Jesus  protects  ;  my  fears  begone  : 

What  can  the  Rock  of  Ages  move  ! 
Safe  in  thine  arms  I  lay  me  down, 
The  everlasting  arms  of  love. 

HYMX  208.     L.  M. 

WHITHER.  0  whither  should  I  fly! 
But  to  my  loving  Saviour's  breast? 
Secure  within  thine  arms  to  lie, 

And  safe  beneath  thy  wings  to  rest. 

2  I  have  no  skill  the  snare  to  shun, 

But  thou,  0  Christ !   my  wisdom  art  : 
I  ever  into  ruin  run, 

But  thou  art  greater  than  my  heart. 

3  Foolish,  and  impotent,  and  blind, 

Lead  me  a  way  I  have  not  known  : 
Bring  me  where  I  my  heaven  may  find, 
The  heaven  of  loving  thee  alone. 

4  Enlarge  my  heart  to  make  thee  room  ; 

Enter,  and  in  me  ever  stay  : 
The  crooked  then  shall  straight  become, 
The  darkness  shall  be  lost  in  day. 


AND    PROVIDENCE.  163 

HYMN  209.     10s  &  lis. 

THOUGH  troubles  assail,  and  dangers 
affright, 
Though  friends  should  all  fail,  and  foes 

all  unite, 
Yet  one  thing  secures  us,  whatever  be- 
tide, 
The  promise  assures  us,  The  Lord  will 
provide. 

2  When   Satan    appears    to   stop   up  our 

path, 
And  fills  us  with  fears,  we  triumph  by 

faith  ; 
He  cannot  take  from  us  (tho?  oft  he  has 

tried) 
The  heart-cheering  promise,   The  Lord 

will  provide. 

3  He  tells  us  we're  weak,  our  hope  is  in 

vain, 
The  good  that  we  seek  we  ne'er  shall 

obtain  : 
But  when  such  suggestions  our  graces 

have  tried, 
This  answers   all  questions,   The  Lord 

will  provide. 

4  No  strength  of  our  own,  nor  goodness 

we  claim  ; 
Our  trust  is  all  thrown  on  Jesus'  name  : 


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TRUSTING    IN    GRACE 


In  this,  our  strong  tower,  for  safety  we 

hide  ; 
The  Lord  is  our  power,  the  Lord  will 

provide. 

5  When  life  sinks  apace  and  death  is  in 

view, 
The  word  of  his  grace  shall  comfort  us 

through  ; 
Not  fearing  or  doubting,  with  Christ  on 

our  side, 
We  hope  to  die  shouting,  The  Lord  will 

provide. 

HYMN  210.     6  lines  8s. 

THE  Lord  my  pasture  shall  prepare, 
And  feed  me  with  a  shepherd's  care  ; 
His  presence  shall  my  wants  supply, 
And  guard  me  with  a  watchful  eye  : 
My  noon-day  walks  he  shall  attend, 
And  all  my  midnight  hours  defend. 

2  When  in  the  sultry  glebe  I  faint, 
Or  on  the  thirsty  mountain  pant, 
To  fertile  vales  and  dewy  meads, 
My  weary,  wand'ring  steps  he  leads, 
WThere  peaceful  rivers,  soft  and  slow, 
Amid  the  verdant  landscape  flow. 

3  Though  in  the  paths  of  death  I  tread, 
With  gloomy  horrors  overspread, 


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My  steadfast  heart  shall  fear  no  ill, 
For  thou,  0  Lord,  art  with  me  still  : 
Thy  friendly  crook  shall  give  me  aid, 
And  guide  me  thro'  the  dreadful  shade. 

4  Though  in  a  bare  and  rugged  way, 
Through  devious,  lonely  wilds  I  stray, 
Thy  bounty  shall  my  pains  beguile  ; 
The  barren  wilderness  shall  smile, 
With  sudden  greens  and  herbage  crown'd, 
And  streams  shall  murmur  all  around. 

HYMN  211.    C.  ML 

GOD  moves  in  a  mysterious  way, 
His  wonders  to  perform  ; 
He  plants  his  footsteps  in  the  sea, 
And  rides  upon  the  storm. 

2  Deep  in  unfathomable  mines 

Of  never-failing  skill, 
He  treasures  up  his  bright  designs, 
And  works  his  sovereign  will. 

3  Ye  fearful  saints,  fresh  courage  take, 

The  clouds  ye  so  much  dread 
Are  big  with  mercy,  and  shall  break 
In  blessings  on  your  head. 

4  Judge  not  the  Lord  by  feeble  sense, 

But  trust  him  for  his  grace  ; 
Behind  a  frowning  providence 
He  hides  a  smiling  face. 


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5  His  purposes  will  ripen  fast, 

Unfolding  every  hour  : 
The  bud  may  have  a  bitter  taste, 
But  sweet  will  be  the  flower. 

6  Blind  unbelief  is  sure  to  err, 

And  scan  his  work  in  vain : 
God  is  his  own  interpreter, 
And  he  will  make  it  plain. 

HYMN  212.     L.  M. 

AWAY,  my  unbelieving  fear  ! 
Fear  shall  in  me  no  more  have  place  ; 
My  Saviour  doth  not  yet  appear, 

He  hides  the  brightness  of  his  face  : 
But  shall  I  therefore  let  him  go, 

And  basely  to  the  tempter  yield? 
No,  in  the  strength  of  Jesus,  no, 
I  never  will  give  up  my  shield. 

2  Although  the  wine  its  fruit  deny, 

Although  the  olive  yield  no  oil, 
The  withering  fig-trees  droop  and  die, 

The  fields  elude  the  tiller's  toil, 
The  empty  stall  no  herd  afford, 

And  perish  all  the  bleating  race, 
Yet  will  I  triumph  in  the  Lord, 

The  God  of  my  salvation  praise. 

3  Barren  although  my  soul  remain, 

And  not  one  bud  of  grace  appear, 
No  fruit  of  all  my  toil  and  pain, 
But  sin,  and  only  sin  is  here  : 


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AND    PROVIDENCE. 


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Although  my  gifts  and  comforts  lost, 
My  blooming  hopes  cut  off  I  see; 

Yet  will  I  in  my  Saviour  trust, 
And  glory  that  he  died  for  me. 

HYMN  213.     L.  M. 

PEACE,  troubled  soul,  thou   need'st 
not  fear ! 
Thy  great  Provider  still  is  near ; 
Who  fed  the  last,  will  feed  thee  still, 
Be  calm,  and  sink  into  his  will. 

2  Your  sacred  hairs  which  are  so  small, 
By  God  himself  are  number'd  all ; 
This  truth  he's  pubiish'd  all  abroad, 
That  men  may  learn  to  trust  the  Lord, 

3  The  ravens  daily  he  doth  feed, 

And  sends  them  food  as  they  have  need  ; 
Although  they  nothing  have  in  store, 
Yet  as  they  lack  he  gives  them  more. 

4  Then  do  not  seek  with  anxious  care, 
What  ye  shall  eat,  or  drink,  or  wear ; 
Your  heavenly  Father  will  you  feed, 
He  knows  that  all  these  things  you  need. 

HYMN  214.     C.  M. 

JESUS,  great  Shepherd  of  the  sheep. 
To  thee  for  help  we  fly : 
Thy  little  flock  in  safety  keep, 
For,  oh  !  the  wolf  is  nigh  ! 


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2  He  comes,  of  hellish  malice  full, 

To  scatter,  tear,  and  slay ; 
He  seizes  every  straggling  soul, 
As  his  own  lawful  prey. 

3  Us  into  thy  protection  take, 

And  gather  with  thy  arm ; 

Unless  the  fold  we  first  forsake, 

The  wolf  can  never  harm. 

4  We  laugh  to  scorn  his  cruel  power, 

While  by  our  Shepherd's  side  ; 
The  sheep  he  never  can  devour, 
Unless  he  first  divide. 

5  Oh,  do  not  suffer  him  to  part 

The  souls  that  here  agree  : 
But  make  us  of  one  mind  and  heart, 
And  keep  us  one  in  thee  ! 

6  Together  let  us  sweetly  live, 

Together  let  us  die  ; 
And  each  a  starry  crown  receive, 
And  reign  above  the  sky. 

HYMN  215.     4  8s  &  2  6s. 

COME  on,  my  partners  in  distress, 
My  comrades  through  the  wilderness, 
Who  still  your  bodies  feel : 
Awhile  forget  your  griefs  and  fears, 
And  look  beyond  this  vale  of  tears, 
To  that  celestial  hill. 


AND    PROVIDENCE. 


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Beyond  the  bounds  of  time  and  space 
Look  forward  to  that  heavenly  place, 

The  saints'  secure  abode  ; 
On  faith's  strong  eagle  pinions  rise, 
And  force  your  passage  to  the  skies, 

And  scale  the  mount  of  God. 

Who  suffer  with  our  Master  here, 
We  shall  before  his  face  appear, 

And  by  his  side  sit  down  ; 
To  patient  faith  the  prize  is  sure ; 
And  all  that  to  the  end  endure 

The  cross,  shall  wear  the  crown. 

Thrice  blessed,  bliss-inspiring  hope  ! 
It  lifts  the  fainting  spirits  up  ; 

It  brings  to  life  the  dead  : 
Our  conflicts  here  shall  soon  be  past, 
And  you  and  I  ascend  at  last. 

Triumphant  with  our  Head. 

HYMN  216.     L.  M. 

THOU  Lamb  of  God,  thou  Prince  of 
Peace, 
For  thee  my  thirsty  soul  doth  pine  ; 
My  longing  heart  implores  thy  grace  : 
t)  make  me  in  thy  likeness  shine  ! 

When  pain  o'er  my  weak  flesh  prevails, 
With  lamb-like  patience  arm  my  breast] 

When  grief  my  wounded  soul  assails, 
In  lowly  meekness  may  I  rest. 
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3  Close  by  thy  side  still  may  I  keep, 

Howe'er  life's  various  current  flow  ; 
With  steadfast  eye  mark  every  step, 
And  follow  thee  where'er  thou  go. 

4  Thou,  Lord,  the  dreadful  fight  hast  won  ; 

Alone  thou  hast  the  wine-press  trod  ; 
In  me  thy  strengthening  grace  be  shown, 
O  may  I  conquer  through  thy  blood  ! 

HYMN  217.     L.  M. 

ETERNAL  Beam  of  Light  divine, 
Fountain  of  unexhausted  love  ; 
In  whom  the  Father's  glories  shine, 
Thro'  earth  beneath,  and  heaven  above. 

2  Jesus,  the  weary  wanderers'  rest, 

Give  me  thy  easy  yoke  to  bear ; 
With  steadfast  patience  arm  my  breast, 
With  spotless  love,  and  lowly  fear. 

3  Be  thou,  0  Rock  of  Ages,  nigh  ! 

So  shall  each  murm'ring  thought  be 
gone; 
And  grief,  and  fear,  and  care,  shall  fly, 
As  clouds  before  the  mid-day  sun. 

4  Speak  to  my  warring  passions,  "  Peace  ;" 

Say  to  my  trembling  heart,  "  Be  still ;" 

Thy  power  my  strength  and  fortress  is, 

For  all  things  serve  thy  sovereign  will. 


CHRISTIAN    WARFARE.  IT  1 

CHRISTIAN  WARFARE. 

HYMN  218.     S.  M. 

OOLDIERS  of  Christ,  arise, 

O   And  put  your  armor  on, 
Strong  in  the  strength  which  God  supplies 

Through  his  eternal  Son  ; 

Strong  in  the  Lord  of  Hosts, 

And  in  his  mighty  power, 
Who  in  the  strength  of  Jesus  trust, 

Is  more  than  conqueror. 

2  Stand  then  in  his  great  might, 
With  all  his  strength  endu'd  : 

But  take  to  arm  you  for  the  fight. 

The  panoply  of  God  : 

That  having  all  things  done, 

And  all  your  conflicts  past. 
Ye  may  o'erceme  through  Christ  alone, 

And  stand  entire  at  last. 

3  Leave  no  unguarded  place, 
No  weakness  of  the  soul  ; 

Take  every  virtue,  every  grace, 

And  fortify  the  whole  : 

Indissolubly  join'd, 

To  battle  all  proceed  ; 
But  arm  yourselves  with  ail  the  mind 

That  was  in  Christ  your  Head. 


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HYMN  219.     S.  M. 


POUR  out  your  souls  to  God, 
And  bow  them,  with  your  knees  ; 
And  spread  your  hearts  and  hands  abroad? 
And  pray  for  Sion's  peace, 
Your  guides  and  brethren  bear 
For  ever  on  your  mind ; 
Extend  the  arms  of  mighty  prayer, 
In  grasping  all  mankind. 

2  From  strength  to  strength  go  on, 
Wrestle,  and  fight,  and  pray  : 

Tread  all  the  powers  of  darkness  down, 
And  win  the  well-fought  day  ; 
Still  let  the  Spirit  cry 
In  all  his  soldiers  "  Come," 

Till  Christ  the  Lord  descend  from  high, 
And  take  the  conquerors  home. 

HYMN  220.     C.  M. 

WHEN  I  can  read  my  title  clear 
To  mansions  in  the  skies, 
I  '11  bid  farewell  to  every  fear, 
And  wipe  my  weeping  eyes. 

2  Should  earth  against  my  soul  engage, 
And  fiery  darts  be  hurl'd, 
Then  I  can  smile  at  Satams  rage, 
And  face  a  frowning  world. 


CHRISTIAN     WARFARE. 


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3  Let  cares  like  a  wild  deluge  come. 

Let  storms  of  sorrow  fall ; 
So  I  but  safely  reach  my  home, 
My  God,  my  heaven,  my  all. 

4  There  I  shall  bathe  my  weary  soul 

In  seas  of  heavenly  rest, 
And  not  a  wave  of  trouble  roll 
Across  my  peaceful  breast. 

HYMN  221.     S.  M. 

HARK,  how  the  watchmen  cry! 
Attend  the  trumpet's  sound  ; 
Stand  to  your  arms,  the  foe  is  nigh  ; 
The  powers  of  hell  surround  ; 
Who  bow  to  Christ's  command, 
Your  arms  and  hearts  prepare ; 
The  day  of  battle  is  at  hand  ! 
Go  forth  to  glorious  war. 

2  See,  on  the  mountain  top, 
The  standard  of  your  God  ! 

In  Jesus'  name  I  lift  it  up, 

All  stain 'd  with  hallow  ?d  blood, 

His  standard  bearer,  I 

To  all  the  nations  call  : 
Let  all  to  Jesus'  cross  draw  nigh ; 

He  bore  the  cross  for  all. 

3  Only  have  faith  in  God  : 
In  faith  your  foes  assail : 

Not  wrestling  against  flesh  and  blood, 
But  all  the  powers  of  hell : 


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3TIAN    WARFARE. 


From  thrones  of  glory  driven. 
By  flaming  vengeance  hurl'd. 
They  tin     _*  :.  and  darken  heaven, 

And  rule  this  lower  world. 

HYMN  222.     C.  M. 

{  M  I  a  soldier  of  th  — . 

-i-  A  follower  of  the  Lamb  ? 
And  shall  I  fear  to  own  his  cause, 

Or  blush  to  speak  his  name  ! 

2  Most  I  be  carried  to  the  sk    s, 

ase  : 
Whilst  -  :,t  to  win  the  prize, 

And  sail'd  through  bloody  seas  ? 

3  Are  there  no  foes  for  me  to  face  \ 

I  not  stem  the  flood  ! 
Is  this  vile  world  a  friend  to  grace, 
To  help  me  on  to  God. 

4  Sure.  I  must  fight,  if  I  would  reign  : 

Increase  my  courage.  Lord  ; 
I  '11  bear  the  toil,  endure  the  pain, 
Supported  by  thy  word. 

5  Thy  saints  in  all  this  glorious  war, 

Shall  conquer,  though  they  die  ; 
They  see  the  triumph  from  afar, 
By  faith  they  bring  it  nigh. 

6  When  that  illustrious  day  shall  rise, 

And  all  thy  armies  shine 
In  robes  of  victory  through  the  skies, 
The  g-lorv  shall  be  thine. 


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CHRISTIAN  ZEAL. 

HYMN  223.     S.  M. 
JESUS  I  fain  would  find 
v    Thy  zeal  for  God  in  me  : 

Thy  yearning  pity  for  mankind, 
Thy  burning  charity. 

2  In  me  thy  Spirit  dwell ! 

In  me  thy  bowels  move  ! 
So  shall  the  fervor  of  my  zeal 

Be  the  pure  flame  of  Love. 

HYMN  224.     L.  M. 

FOR  zeal  I  sigh,  for  zeal  I  pant, 
Yet  heavy  is  my  soul  and  faint : 
With  steps  unwavering,  undismayed, 
Give  me  in  all  thy  paths  to  tread. 

With  outstretch'd  hands  and  streaming 
Oft  I  begin  to  grasp  the  prize  ;       [eyes, 
I  groan,  I  strive,  I  watch  and  pray ; 
But  ah,  how  soon  it  dies  away ! 

The  deadly  slumber  soon  I  feel 
Afresh  upon  my  spirit  steal ; 
Rise,  Lord,  stir  up  thy  quick'ning  power, 
And  wake  me  that  I  sleep  no  more. 

Single  of  heart,  0  may  I  be  ! 
Nothing  may  I  desire  but  thee  ; 


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CHRISTIAN    ZEAL. 


Far,  far  from  me  the  world  remove, 
And  all  that  holds  me  from  thy  love ! 

HYMN  225.     C.  M. 

ZEAL  is  that  pure  and  heav'nly  flame, 
The  fire  of  love  supplies ; 
While  that  which  often  bears  the  name, 
Is  self  in  a  disguise. 

2  True  zeal  is  merciful  and  mild, 

Can  pity  and  forbear ; 
The  false  is  headstrong,  fierce  and  wild  ; 
And  breathes  revenge  and  war. 

3  While  zeal  for  truth  the  Christian  warms, 

He  knows  the  worth  of  peace  ; 
But  self  contends  for  names  and  forms, 
Its  party  to  increase. 

4  Zeal  has  attain' d  its  highest  aim, 

Its  end  is  satisfied, 
If  sinners  love  the  Saviour's  name ; 
Nor  seeks  it  aught  beside. 

5  But  self,  however  well  employ 'd, 

Has  its  own  ends  in  view ; 
And  says,  as  boasting  Jehu  cried, 
"  Come,  see  what  I  can  do." 

6  Self  may  its  poor  reward  obtain, 

And  be  applauded  here  ; 
But  zeal  the  best  applause  will  gain, 
When  Jesus  shall  appear. 


FORMAL     RELIGION. 


FORMAL  RELIGION. 


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HYMN  226.     S.  M. 

MY  gracious,  loving  Lord, 
To  thee  what  shall  I  say  \ 
Well  may  I  tremble  at  thy  word, 
And  scarce  presume  to  pray  ! 
Ten  thousand  wants  have  I ; 
Alas  !   I  all  things  want  ! 
But  thou  hast  bid  me  always  cry. 
And  never,  never  faint. 

2  Yet,  Lord,  well  might  I  fear 
For  e'en  to  ask  thy  grace  ; 

So  oft  have  I,  alas  !   drawn  near, 
And  mock'd  thee  to  thy  face  : 
With  all  pollutions  stain 'd, 
Thy  hallow'd  courts  I  trod  ; 

Thy  name  and  temple  I  prolan 'd, 
And  dar'd  to  call  thee  God. 

3  Nigh  with  my  lips  I  drew  ; 
My  lips  were  all  unclean  : 

Thee  with  my  heart  I  never  knew  ; 
My  heart  was  full  of  sin  : 
Far  from  the  living  Lord, 
As  far  as  hell  from  heaven ; 

Thy  purity  I  still  abhorr'd. 
Nor  look'd  to  be  forgiven. 


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4  My  nature  I  obey'd  ; 

My  own  desires  pursu'd  ; 
And  still  a  den  of  thieves  I  made 

The  hallow'd  house  of  God  : 

The  worship  he  approves, 

To  him  I  would  not  pay  ; 
My  selfish  ends,  and  creature  loves, 

Had  stole  my  heart  away. 

HYMN  227.     C.  M. 

LOXG  have  I  seem'd   to  serve  thee, 
Lord, 
With  unavailing  pain  ; 
Fasted,  and  prayed,  and  read  thy  word, 
And  heard  it  preach'd  in  vain, 

2  Oft  did  I  with  th'  assembly  join, 

And  near  thy  altar  drew  ; 

A  form  of  godliness  was  mine, 

The  power  I  never  knew. 

3  I  rested  in  the  outward  law, 

Nor  knew  its  deep  design  ; 
The  length  and  breadth  I  never  saw, 
And  height  of  love  divine. 

4  To  please  thee  thus,  at  length  I  see, 

Vainly  I  hoped  and  strove  ; 
For  what  are  outward  things  to  thee, 
Unless  they  spring  from  love  ? 


FORMAL    RELIGION. 


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5  I  see  the  perfect  law  requires 
Truth  in  the  inward  parts  ; 
Our  full  consent,  our  whole  desires, 
Our  undivided  hearts. 


HYMN  228.     CM. 

SWEET  was  the  time  when  first  I  felt 
The  Saviour's  pard'ning  blood 
Applied  to  cleanse  my  soul  from  guilt, 
And  bring  me  home  to  God. 

2  Soon  as  the  morn  the  light  reveal' d, 

His  praises  tun'd  my  tongue  ; 
And  when  the  ev'ning  shades  prevail'd, 
His  love  was  all  my  song. 

3  In  prayer  my  soul  drew  near  the  Lord, 

And  saw  his  glory  shine  ; 
And  when  I  read  his  holy  word, 
I  call'd  each  promise  mine. 

4  But  now — when  ev'ning  shade  prevails, 

My  soul  in  darkness  mourns  ; 
And  when  the  more  the  light  reveals, 
No  light  to  me  returns. 

5  My  prayers  are  now  a  chatt'ring  noise, 

For  Jesus  hides  his  face  ; 
I  read — the  promise  meets  my  eyes — 
But  will  not  reach  my  case. 


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6  Rise,  Lord,  and  help  me  to  prevail ; 
0  make  my  soul  thy  care  : 

I  know  thy  mercy  cannot  fail — 

Let  me  that  mercy  share. 

HYMN  229.     L.  M. 

RAISE,  thoughtless  sinner,  raise  thine 
eye  ; 
Behold  God's  balance  lifted  high  ! 
There  shall  his  justice  be  display 'd, 
And  there  thy  hope  and  life  be  weigh'd. 

2  See  in  one  scale  his  perfect  law  ; 
Mark  with  what  force  its  precepts  draw  ! 
Wouldst  thou  the  awful  test  sustain  I 
Thy  works  how   light !    thy   thoughts 

how  vain  ! 

3  Behold,  the  hand  of  God  appears, 
To  trace  those  dreadful  characters  : 

II  Tekel — thy  soul  is  wanting  found, 
And    wrath   shall    smite    thee   to   the 

ground." 

4  One  only  hope  may  yet  prevail — 
Christ  has  a  weight  to  turn  the  scale  : 
Still  does  the  gospel  publish  peace, 
And  show  a  Saviour's  righteousness. 


BACKSLIDING. 


BACKSLIDING. 


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HYMN  230.    P.  M. 

\  H  !  where  am  I  now  ! 
1±-  When  was  it,  or  how, 
That  I  fell  from  my  heaven  of  grace  1 
I  am  brought  into  thrall ; 
I  am  stript  of  my  all ! 

1  am  banish'd  from  Jesus'  face  ! 

2  Hardly  yet  do  I  know 
How  I  let  my  Lord  go, 

So  insensibly  starting  aside — 
When  the  tempter  came  in, 
With  his  own  subtle  sin, 

And  infected  my  spirit  with  pride. 

3  Only  pride  could  destroy 
That  innocent  joy, 

And  make  my  Redeemer  depart  : 
But  whate'er  was  the  cause, 
I  lament  the  sad  loss, 

For  the  veil  is  come  over  my  heart. 

4  Nothing  now  can  relieve  ; 
Without  comfort  I  grieve  : 

I  have  lost  all  my  peace  and  my  power  : 

No  access  do  1  find 

To  the  Friend  of  mankind  : 
I  can  ask  for  his  mercy  no  more. 


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5  Tongue  cannot  declare 
The  torment  I  bear, 

While  no  end  to  my  troubles  I  see ; 

Only  Adam  could  tell 

On  the  day  that  he  fell, 
And  was  turri'd  out  of  Eden  like  me, 

6  I  never  shall  rise 
To  my  first  paradise, 

Or  come  my  Redeemer  to  see  ; 

Bat  I  feel  a  faint  hope 

That  at  last  he  will  stoop, 
And  his  pity  shall  bring  him  to  me, 

HYMN  231.     8  lines  8s. 

HOW  shall  a  lost  sinner  in  pain, 
Recover  his  forfeited  peace? 
When  brought  into  bondage  again, 

What  hope  of  a  second  release  ? 
Will  mercy  itself  be  so  kind, 

To  spare  such  a  rebel  as  me  1 
And  oh,  can  I  possibly  find 

Such  plenteous  redemption  in  thee  1 
2  0  Jesus,  of  thee  I  inquire 

If  still  thou  art  able  to  save  ; 
The  brand  to  pluck  out  of  the  fire, 

And  ransom  ray  soul  from  the  grave  1 
The  help  of  thy  Spirit  restore, 

And  show  me  the  life-giving  blood  ; 
And  pardon  a  sinner  once  more, 

And  bring  me  a^ain  unto  God. 


BACKSLIDING. 


183 


3  0  Jesus,  in  pity  draw  near  ; 

Come  quickly,  to  help  a  lost  soul ; 
To  comfort  a  mourner  appear. 

And  make  a  poor  Lazarus  whole : 
The  balm  of  thy  mercy  apply. 

Thou  seest  the  sore  anguish  I  feel ; 
Save,  Lord,  or  I  perish.  I  die — 

O  save,  or  I  sink  into  hell ! 

HYMN  -23-:.     L.  M. 

4  H  !   Lord,  with  trembling"  I  confess 
JOL  A  gracious  soul  may  fall  from  grace  : 
The  salt  may  lose  its  seasoning  power, 
And  never,  never  find  it  more  ! 

2  Lest  that  my  fearful  case  should  be, 
Each  moment  knit  my  soul  to  thee  ; 
And  lead  me  to  the  mount  above, 
Through  the  low  vale  of  humble  love. 


o 


HYMN  -233.     C.  M. 

THAT  T  were  as  heretofore  ! 
When,  warm  in  my  first  love, 
I  only  liv'd  my  God  to  adore, 
And  seek  the  things  above  ! 

*2  Far.  far  above  all  earthly  things. 
Triumphantly  I  rode  : 
I  soar'd  to  heaven  on  eagles'  wings, 
And  found  and  talk'd  with  God. 


184 


BACKSLIDING. 


3  Where  am  I  now  ?  from  what  a  height 

Of  happiness  cast  down  ! 
The  glory  swallow'd  up  in  night, 
And  faded  is  the  crown. 

4  0  God,  thou  art  my  home,  my  rest, 

For  which  I  sigh  in  pain  ! 
How  shall  I  'scape  into  thy  breast, 
My  Eden  now  regain  ? 


HYMN  234.     C.  M. 

OFOR  a  closer  walk  with  God, 
A  calm  and  heavenly  frame  ; 
A  light  to  shine  upon  the  road 
That  leads  me  to  the  Lamb. 

2  Where  is  the  blessedness  I  knew, 

When  first  I  saw  the  Lord  1 
Where  is  the  soul-refreshing  view 
Of  Jesus  and  his  word  1 

3  What  peaceful  hours  I  once  enjoy'd ; 

How  sweet  their  memory  still ! 
But  they  have  left  an  aching  void 
The  world  can  never  fill. 

4  Return,  0  holy  Dove,  return, 

Sweet  messenger  of  rest ! 
I  hate  the  sins  that  made  thee  mourn, 
And  drove  thee  from  my  breast. 


BACKSLIDING. 


185 


5  The  dearest  idol  I  have  known, 

Whate'er  that  idol  be. 
Help  me  to  tear  it  from  thy  throne, 
And  worship  only  thee. 

6  So  shall  my  walk  be  close  with  God  ; 

Calm  and  serene  my  frame  ; 
So  purer  light  shall  mark  the  road 
That  leads  me  to  the  Lamb. 

HYMN  -235.     4  lines  Ts. 

DEPTH  of  mercy  !  can  there  be 
Mercy  still  reserv'd  for  me  ) 
Can  my  God  his  wrath  forbear  ? 
Me,  the  chief  of  sinners,  spare  I 

2  I  have  long  withstood  his  grace  ; 
Long  provok'd  him  to  his  face  ; 
Would  not  hearken  to  his  calls ; 
Griev'd  him  by  a  thousand  falls. 

3  There  for  me  the  Saviour  stands  ; 
Shows   his    wounds,    and   spreads    his 

hands : 
God  is  love  !  I  know,  I  feel  ; 
Jesus  weeps  and  loves  me  still. 

4  Now  incline  me  to  repent ! 
Let  me  now  my  fall  lament ! 
Now  my  foul  revolt  deplore  ! 
Weep,  believe,  and  sin  no  more. 

13 


186 


BACKSLIDING. 


HYMN  236.     L.  M. 


SAVIOUR,  I  now  with  shame  confess 
My  thirst  for  creature  happiness  ; 
By  base  desires  I  wrong 'd  thy  love, 
And  forc?d  thy  mercy  to  remove. 

2  Yet  would  I  not  regard  thy  stroke, 
But  when  thou  didst  thy  grace  revoke  ; 
And  when  thou  didst  thy  face  conceal, 
Thy  absence  I  refus'd  to  feel. 

3  I  knew  not  that  the  Lord  was  gone  ; 
In  my  own  froward  will  went  on  : 

I  liv'd  to  the  desires  of  men, 

And  thou  hast  all  my  wand'rings  seen. 

4  Yet,  0  the  riches  of  thy  grace  ! 
Thou,  who  hast  seen  my  evil  ways, 
Wilt  freely  my  baekslidings  heal, 
And  pardon  on  my  conscience  seal. 

HYMN  237.     C.  ML 

OWHY  did  I  my  Saviour  leave ! 
So  soon  unfaithful  prove ! 
How  could  I  thy  good  Spirit  grieve, 
And  sin  against  thy  love  ? 

2  I  forc'd  thee  first  to  disappear, 
I  turn'd  thy  face  aside  : 
Ah,  Lord !  if  thou  hadst  still  been  here> 
Thy  servant  had  not  died. 


BACKSLIDING. 


187 


3  But  oh.  how  soon  thy  wrath  is  o'er, 

And  pard  ning  love  takes  place  ! 
Assist  me,  Saviour,  to  adore 
The  riches  of  thy  grace. 

4  My  humbled  soul,  when  thou  art  near, 

In  dust  and  ashes  lies  : 
How  shall  a  sinful  worm  appear. 
Or  meet  thy  purer  eyes  ! 

5  I  loathe  myself  when  God  I  see, 

And  into  nothing  fall ; 
Content  if  thou  exalted  be, 
And  Christ  be  All  in  All. 


HYMN  233.     S.  M. 

0  JESUS!  full  of  grace, 
To  thee  I  make  my  moan  ; 
Let  me  again  behold  thy  face — 
Call  home  thy  banish 'd  one. 

2  Again  my  pardon  seal ; 
A  gam  my  soul  restore  ; 

And  freely  my  backslidings  heal, 
And  bid  me  sin  no  more. 

3  Again  thy  love  reveal : 
Restore  that  inward  heaven  : 

0  grant  me  once  again  to  feel, 
Through  faith,  my  sins  forgiven. 


188 


CHRISTIAN    PERFECTION. 


4  Thy  utmost  mercy  show  ; 

Say  to  my  drooping-  soul, 
In  peace  and  full  assurance  go. 

Thv  faith  hath  made  thee  whole. 


CHRISTIAN  PERFECTION. 

HYMN  239.     Ss  &  7s. 

LOVE  divine,  all  loves  excelling, 
Joy  of  heaven  to  earth  come  down  ; 
Fix  in  us  thy  humble  dwelling, 

All  thy  faithful  mercies  crown  ! 
Jesus,  thou  art  all  compassion, 

Pure  unbounded  love  thou  art ; 
Visit  us  with  thy  salvation  ; 

Enter  every  trembling  heart. 
Breathe,  0  breathe  thy  loving  Spirit, 

Into  every  troubled  breast ! 
Let  us  all  in  thee  inherit, 

Let  us  find  that  second  rest. 
Take  away  our  bent  to  sinning, 

Alpha  and  Omegra  be, 
End  of  faith  as  its  beginning, 

Set  our  hearts  at  liberty. 
Come,  Almighty  to  deliver, 

Let  us  all  thy  life  receive, 
Suddenly  return,  and  never, 

Never  more  thy  temples  leave  : 


CHRISTIAN    PERFECTION. 


189 


Thee  we  would  be  always  blessing, 
Serve  thee  as  thy  hosts  above, 

Pray,  and  praise  thee  without  ceasing, 
Glory  in  thy  perfect  love. 

4  Finish  then  thy  new  creation, 

Pure  and  spotless  let  us  be  ; 
Let  us  see  thy  great  salvation, 

Perfectly  rcstor'd  in  thee  : 
Chang'd  from  glory  into  glory. 

Till  in  heaven  we  take  our  place, 
Till  we  cast  our  crowns  before  thee, 

Lost  in  wonder,  love  and  praise  ! 

HYMN  240.     L.  M. 

0  JESUS,  full  of  truth  and  grace, 
0  all-atoning  Lamb  of  God, 
I  wait  to  see  thy  lovely  face, 
I  seek  redemption  in  thy  blood  ! 

2  Now  in  thy  strength  I  strive  with  thee, 

My  friend  and  advocate  with  God  ; 
Give  me  the  glorious  liberty. 

Grant  me  the  purchase  of  thy  blood. 

3  Thou  art  the  anchor  of  my  hope, 

The  faithful  promise  I  receive  ; 
Surely  thy  death  shall  raise  me  up, 
For  thou  hast  died  that  I  might  live. 

4  Satan  with  all  his  arts,  no  more 

Me  from  the  Gospel  hope  can  move  ; 
I  shall  receive  the  gracious  power, 
And  find  the  pearl  of  perfect  love. 


190 


CHRISTIAN    PERFECTION. 


5  My  flesh,  which  cries  "  it  cannot  be," 
Shall  silence  keep  before  the  Lord ; 
And  earth,  and  hell  and  sin  shall  flee 
At  Jesus'  everlasting  word. 

HYMN  241.     L.  M. 

COME,  Saviour,  Jesus,  from  above ! 
Assist  me  with  thy  heavenly  grace  ; 
Empty  my  heart  of  earthly  love, 
And  for  thyself  prepare  the  place. 

2  Oh,  let  thy  sacred  presence  fill, 

And  set  my  longing  spirit  free  ; 
Which  pants  to  have  no  other  will, 
But  night  and  day  to  feast  on  thee. 

3  While  in  this  region  here  below, 

No  other  good  will  I  pursue  : 
I'll  bid  this  world  of  noise  and  show, 
With  all  its  glittering  snares,  adieu. 

4  That  path  with  humble  speed  I'll  seek, 

In  which  my  Saviour's  footsteps  shine, 
Nor  will  I  hear,  nor  will  I  speak, 
Of  any  other  love  but  thine. 

HYMN  242.     C.  M. 

OFOR  a  heart  to  praise  my  God, 
A  heart  from  sin  set  free  ! 
A  heart  that  always  feels  thy  blood, 
So  freely  spilt  for  me. 


CHRISTIAN    PERFECTION. 


191 


2  A  heart  resign 'd,  submissive,  meek, 

My  great  Redeemer's  throne  : 
Where  only  Christ  is  heard  to  speak, 
Where  Jesus  reigns  alone. 

3  Oh,  for  a  lowly,  contrite  heart, 

Believing,  true,  and  clean  ! 
Which  neither  life  nor  death  can  part 
From  Him  that  dwells  within. 

4  A  heart  in  every  thought  renew* d, 

And  full  of  love  divine  ; 
Perfect,  and  right,  and  pure,  and  good, 
A  copy,  Lord,  of  thine. 

HYMN  243.     C.  M. 

FOR  ever  here  my  rest  shall  be, 
Close  to  thy  bleeding  side ; 
This  all  my  hope,  and  all  my  plea, 
For  me  the  Saviour  died. 

2  My  dying  Saviour,  and  my  God, 

Fountain  for  guilt  and  sin, 
Sprinkle  me  ever  with  thy  blood, 
And  cleanse  and  keep  me  clean. 

3  Wash  me,  and  make  me  thus  thine  own  ; 

Wash  me,  and  mine  thou  art : 
Wash  me,  but  not  my  feet  alone, 
My  hands,  my  head,  my  heart. 

4  TV  atonement  of  thy  blood  apply, 

Till  faith  to  sight  improve  ; 
Till  hope  in  full  fruition  die, 
And  all  mv  soul  be  love. 


192 


CHRISTIAN    PERFECTION. 


HYMN  244.     C.  M. 


LORD,  I  believe  thy  every  word, 
Thy  every  promise  true  ; 
And  lo  !  I  wait  on  thee,  my  Lord, 
Till  I  my  strength  renew. 

2  If  in  this  feeble  flesh  I  may 

Awhile  show  forth  thy  praise, 
Jesus,  support  the  tott'ring  clay, 
And  lengthen  out  my  days. 

3  If  such  a  worm  as  I  can  spread 

The  common  Saviour's  name, 
Let  Him  wmo  rais'd  thee  from  the  dead, 
Quicken  my  mortal  frame. 

4  Still  let  me  live  thy  blood  to  show 

Which  purges  every  stain  ; 
And  gladly  linger  out  below 
A  few  more  years  in  pain. 

HYMN  245.     L.  M. 

OTHAT  my  load  of  sin  were  gone  ! 
0  that  I  could  at  last  submit, 
At  Jesus'  feet  to  lay  it  down  ! 
To  lay  my  soul  at  Jesus'  feet ! 

2  Rest  for  my  soul  I  long  to  find  : 
Saviour  of  all,  in  mine  thou  art, 
Give  me  thy  meek  and  lowly  mind, 
And  stamp  thine  image  on  my  heart. 


CHRISTIAN    PERFECTION.  193 

3  Break  off  the  yoke  of  inbred  sin. 

And  fully  set  rny  spirit  free  ; 
I  cannot  rest  till  pure  within, 
Till  I  am  wholly  lost  in  thee. 

4  Fain  would  I  learn  of  thee,  my  God, 

Thy  light  and  easy  burden  prove  ; 
The  cross  all  stain'd  with  hallow'd  blood, 
The  labor  of  thy  dying  love. 


HYMN  246.     C.  M. 

LET  Him  to  whom  we  now  belong, 
His  sovereign  right  assert ; 
And  take  up  every  thankful  song, 
And  every  loving  heart. 

2  He  justly  claims  us  for  his  own, 

Who  bouo-ht  us  with  a  price  : 
The  Christian  lives  to  Christ  alone, 
To  Christ  alone  he  dies. 

3  Jesus,  thine  own  at  last  receive, 

Fulfil  our  hearts'  desire  ; 

And  let  us  to  thy  glory  live, 

And  in  thy  cause  expire  ! 

4  Our  souls  and  bodies  we  resign  ; 

With  joy  we  render  thee 
Our  all,  no  longer  ours,  but  thine 
To  all  eternity. 


194  CHRISTIAN    PERFECTION. 

HYMN  247.     S.  M. 

JESUS,  my  Truth,  my  Way, 
My  sure  unerring  Light, 
On  thee  my  feeble  step  I  stay, 
Which  thou  wilt  guide  aright. 

2  My  Wisdom  and  my  Guide, 
My  Counsellor  thou  art ; 

Oh,  never  let  me  leave  thy  side, 
Or  from  thy  paths  depart. 

3  I  lift  my  eyes  to  thee, 

Thou  gracious  bleeding  Lamb, 
That  I  may  now  enlighten 'd  be, 
And  never  put  to  shame. 

4  Never  will  I  remove 

Out  of  thy  hands  my  cause  ; 
But  rest  in  thy  redeeming  love, 
And  hang  upon  thy  cross. 

5  Teach  me  the  happy  art, 
In  all  things  to  depend 

On  thee  ;  oh,  never,  Lord,  depart, 
But  love  me  to  the  end. 

HYMN  248.     CM. 

MY  God,  I  know,  I  feel  thee  mine, 
And  will  not  quit  my  claim, 
Till  all  I  have  is  lost  in  thine, 
And  all  renew'd  I  am. 


CHRISTIAN    PERFECTION.  1  9o 

2  I  hold  thee  with  a  trembling  hand, 

And  will  not  let  thee  go, 
Till  steadfastly  by  faith  I  stand, 
And  all  thy  goodness  know. 

3  Jesus,  thine  all-victorious  love 

Shed  in  my  heart  abroad  : 
Then  shall  my  feet  no  longer  rove, 
Rooted  and  fixt  in  God. 

4  Refining  fire,  go  through  my  heart 

Illuminate  my  soul  ; 
Scatter  thy  life  through  every  part, 
And  sanctify  the  whole. 

HYMN  249.     CM. 

LORD,  I  believe  a  rest  remains 
To  all  thy  people  known  ; 
A  rest  where  pure  enjoyment  reigns, 
And  thou  art  lov'd  alone  : 

2  A  rest  where  all  our  soul's  desire 

Is  fixt  on  things  above  ; 
Where  fear,  and  sin,  and  grief  expire, 
Cast  out  by  perfect  love. 

3  0  that  I  now  the  rest  might  know, 

Believe,  and  enter  in  ! 
Now,  Saviour,  now  the  power  bestow, 
And  let  me  cease  from  sin  ! 

4  Remove  this  hardness  from  my  heart  ; 

This  unbelief  remove  : 
To  me  the  rest  of  faith  impart, 
The  wSabbath  of  thv  love. 


196 


CHRISTIAN    PERFECTION. 


HYMN  250.     C.  M. 

0  JOYFUL  sound  of  Gospel  grace, 
Christ  shall  in  me  appear  ! 
I,  even  I  shall  see  his  face  ; 
I  shall  be  holy  here. 

2  The  glorious  crown  of  righteousness 

To  me  reach'd  out  I  view  ; 
Conqu'ror  through  Him,  I  soon  shall  seize 
And  wear  it  as  my  due. 

3  The  promis'd  land,  from  Pisgah's  top, 

I  now  exult  to  see  ; 
My  hope  is  full — 0  glorious  hope  ! — - 
Of  immortality. 

4  With  me  I  know,  I  feel  thou  art ; 

But  this  cannot  suffice, 
Unless  thou  plantest  in  my  heart 
A  constant  paradise. 

HYMN  251.     CM. 

JESUS  hath  died  that  I  might  live, 
Might  live  to  God  alone  ; 
In  him  eternal  life  receive, 
And  be  in  spirit  one. 

2  Saviour,  I  thank  thee  for  the  grace, 
The  gift  unspeakable ; 
And  wait  with  arms  of  faith  t'  embrace, 
And  all  thy  love  to  feel. 


CHRISTIAN"    PERFECTION. 


197 


3  My  soul  breaks  out  in  strong  desire, 

The  perfect  bliss  to  prove  ; 
My  longing  heart  is  all  on  fire 
To  be  dissolv'd  in  love. 

4  Thy  gifts,  alas  !  cannot  suffice, 

Unless  thyself  be  given  ; 
Thy  presence  makes  my  paradise, 
And  where  thou  art  is  heaven. 


HYMN  252.     C.  M. 

COME,  thou  omniscient  Son  of  Man, 
Display  thy  sifting  power  ; 
Come  with  thy  Spirit's  winnowing  fan, 
And  throughly  purge  thy  floor. 

2  Look  through  us  with  thine  eyes  of  flame ; 

The  clouds  and  darkness  chase  ; 
And  tell  me  what  by  sin  I  am, 
And  what  I  am  by  grace. 

3  Whatever  offends  thy  glorious  eyes, 

Far  from  our  hearts  remove  ; 
As  dust  before  the  whirlwind  flies, 
Disperse  it  by  thy  love. 

4  Then  let  us  all  thy  fulness  know, 

From  every  sin  set  free  ; 
Sav'd  to  the  utmost,  sav?d  below, 
And  perfected  by  thee. 


198 


CHRISTIAN    PERFECTION. 


HYMN  253.     L.  M. 

AN  inward  baptism  of  pure  fire, 
Wherewith  to  be  baptiz'd,  I  have ; 
'Tis  all  my  longing  soul's  desire  : 
This,  only  this  my  soul  can  save. 

2  Straiten 'd  I  am  till  this  be  done  ; 

Kindle  in  me  the  living  flame  ; 
Father,  in  me  reveal  thy  Son  ; 
Baptize  me  into  Jesus'  name. 

3  Transform  my  nature  into  thine  ; 

Let  all  my  powers  thine  impress  feel ; 
Let  all  my  soul  become  divine, 

And  stamp  me  with  thy  Spirit's  seal. 

4  Love,  mighty  love,  my  heart  o'erpower  : 

Ah  !  why  dost  thou  so  long  delay? 
Cut  short  the  work,  bring  near  the  hour, 
And  let  me  see  the  perfect  day. 

HYMN  254.     S.  M. 

FATHER,  I  dare  believe 
Thee  merciful  and  true  : 
Thou  wilt  my  guilty  soul  forgive, 
My  fallen  soul  renew. 

2  Come  then,  for  Jesus'  sake, 
And  bid  my  heart  be  clean  : 

An  end  of  all  my  troubles  make  ! 
An  end  of  all  my  sin. 


CHRISTIAN    PERFECTION.  199 

3  I  cannot  wash  my  heart, 
But  by  believing  thee  ; 

And  waiting  for  thy  blood  t'  impart 
The  spotless  purity. 

4  While  at  thy  cross  I  lie, 
Jesus,  the  grace  bestow  ; 

Now  thy  all-cleansing  blood  apply, 
And  I  am  white  as  snow. 

HYMN  255.     4  8s  &  2  6s. 

0  GLORIOUS  hope  of  perfect  love  ! 
It  lifts  me  up  to  things  above  ; 
It  bears  on  eagles1  wings  ; 
It  gives  my  ravish'd  soul  a  taste, 
And  makes  me  for  some  moments  feast 
With  Jesus'  priests  and  kings. 

2  Rejoicing  now  in  earnest  hope, 

I  stand,  and  from  the  mountain  top 

See  all  the  land  below  : 
Rivers  of  milk  and  honey  rise, 
And  all  the  fruits  of  Paradise 

In  endless  plenty  grow. 

3  A  land  of  corn,  and  wine,  and  oil, 
Favor'd  with  God's  peculiar  smile, 

With  every  blessing  blest ; 
There  dwells  the  Lord  our  Righteous- 
ness, 
And  keeps  his  own  in  perfect  peace, 

And  everlasting  rest. 


200 


CHRISTIAN    PERFECTION. 


4  0  that  I  might  at  once  go  up ! 
No  more  on  this  side  Jordan  stop, 

But  now  the  land  possess  ! 
This  moment  end  my  legal  years  ; 
Sorrows,  and  sins,  and  doubts,  and  fears, 

A  howling  wilderness. 

5  Now,  0  my  Joshua,  bring  me  in  ! 
Cast  out  thy  foes  ;  the  inbred  sin, 

The  carnal  mind  remove  ; 
The  purchase  of  thy  death  divide  ; 
And,  oh  !  with  all  the  sanctified, 

Give  me  a  lot  of  love ! 


HYMN  256.     C.  M. 

HE  wills  that  I  should  holy  be ! 
What  can  withstand  his  will  ? 
The  counsel  of  his  grace  in  me 
He  surely  shall  fulfil. 

2  Thy  love  I  soon  expect  to  find, 

In  all  its  depth  and  height ; 
To  comprehend  th'  Eternal  Mind, 
And  grasp  the  Infinite. 

3  The  bliss  of  those  that  fully  dwell, 

Fully  in  thee  believe, 
'Tis  more  than  angel  tongues  can  tell, 
Or  angel  minds  conceive. 


CHRISTIAN  PERFECTION. 


201 


HYMN  257.     4  lines  7s. 

LOVING  Jesus,  gentle  Lamb, 
In  thy  gracious  hands  I  am  ; 
Make  me,  Saviour,  what  thou  art, 
Like  thyself  within  my  heart. 

2  I  shall  then  show  forth  thy  praise, 
Serve  thee  all  my  happy  days. 
Then  the  world  shall  always  see 
Christ  the  holy  child  in  me. 

HYMN  253.     CM. 
JESUS,  the  Life,  the  Truth,  the  Way, 
u    In  whom  I  now  believe. 
As  taught  by  thee,  in  faith  I  pray, 
Expecting  to  receive. 

2  Thy  will  by  me  on  earth  be  done, 

As  by  the  powers  above, 
Who  always  see  thee  on  thy  throne, 
And  glory  in  thy  love. 

3  I  ask  in  confidence  the  grace, 

That  I  may  do  thy  will, 
As  angels,  who  behold  thy  face, 
And  all  thy  words  fulfil. 

4  Surely  I  shall,  the  sinner  I, 

Shall  serve  thee  without  fear, 
If  thou  my  nature  sanctify 
In  answer  to  mv  prayer. 
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202 


CHRISTIAN  PERFECTION. 


HYMN  259.     C.  M. 

COME,  Lord,  and  claim  me  for  thine 
own, 
And  reign  thyself  in  me  : 
In  my  poor  heart  erect  thy  throne, 
And  make  me  truly  free. 

2  I  hate  my  sins,  no  longer  mine, 

For  I  renounce  them  too  : 
My  weakness  with  thy  strength  I  join, 
Thy  strength  shall  all  subdue. 

3  Thy  love  the  conquest  more  than  gains, 

To  all  I  shall  proclaim, 
Jesus,  the  King,  the  conqu'ror  reigns  ; 
Bow  down  to  Jesus  name. 

4  To  thee  shall  earth  and  hell  submit, 

And  every  foe  shall  fall, 
Till  death  expires  beneath  thy  feet, 
And  God  is  all  in  all. 

HYMN  260.     L.  M. 

WHAT  !  never  speak  one  evil  word  ? 
Or  rash,  or  idle,  or  unkind? 
0  shall  I,  most  gracious  Lord, 
This  mark  of  true  perfection  find  ? 

2  Thy  sinless  mind  in  me  reveal ; 
Thy  Spirit's  plenitude  impart ; 
And  all  my  spotless  life  shall  tell 
Th'  abundance  of  a  loving  heart. 


CHRISTIAN  PERFECTION. 


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3  Saviour,  I  long  to  testify 

The  fulness  of  thy  saving  grace  : 
Oh,  might  thy  Spirit  th'  blood  apply, 
Which  bought  for  me  the  sacred  peace! 

4  Forgive,  and  make  my  nature  whole  ; 

My  inbred  malady  remove  ; 
To  perfect  health  restore  my  soul, 
To  perfect  holiness  and  love. 

HYMX  -261.     L.  M. 

GOD  of  all  power,  and  truth,  and  grace, 
Which  shall  from  age  to  age  endure  ; 
Whose  word,   when  heaven  and  earth 
shall  pass, 
Remains  and  stands  forever  sure  : 

2  That  I  thy  mercy  may  proclaim, 

That  all  mankind  thy  truth  may  see : 
Hallow  thy  great  and  glorious  name, 
And  perfect  holiness  in  me. 

3  Give  me  a  new,  a  perfect  heart, 

From  doubt,  and  fear,  and  sorrow  free  ; 
The  mind  which  was  in  Christ  impart, 
And  let  my  spirit  cleave  to  thee. 

4  Oh,  that  I  now,  from  sin  releas'd, 

Thy  word  may  to  the  utmost  prove ! 
Enter  into  the  promised  rest, 
The  Canaan  of  thy  perfect  love. 


204 


CHRISTIAN  PERFECTION. 


HYMN  262.     L.  M. 

0  JESUS,  let  thy  dying  cry 
Pierce  to  the  bottom  of  my  heart  ; 
Its  evils  cure,  its  wants  supply, 
And  bid  my  unbelief  depart. 

2  Slay  the  dire  root  and  seed  of  sin ; 

Prepare  for  thee  the  holiest  place  ! 
Then,  oh,  essential  Love,  come  in  ! 
And  fill  thy  house  with  endless  praise. 

3  Let  me,  according  to  thy  word, 

A  tender,  contrite  heart  receive. 
Which  grieves  at  having  griev*d  its  Lord, 
And  never  can  itself  forgive. 

4  A  heart,  thy  joys  and  griefs  to  feel, 

A  heart  that  cannot  faithless  prove  ; 
A  heart  where  Christ  alone  may  dwell, 
All  praise,  all  meekness,  and  all  love. 

HYMN  263,     C.  M. 

0  JESUS  !  at  thy  feet  we  wait, 
Till  thou  shalt  bid  us  rise ; 
Restor'd  to  our  unsinning  state, 
To  love's  sweet  paradise. 

2  Saviour  from  sin,  we  thee  receive, 
From  all  indwelling  sin  , 
Thy  blood,  we  steadfastly  believe, 
Shall  make  us  throughly  clean. 


CHRISTIAN   PERFECTION. 


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3  Since  thou  wouldst  have  us  free  from  sin, 

And  pure  as  those  above  ; 
Make  haste  to  bring  thy  nature  in, 
And  perfect  us  in  love  ! 

4  Oh.  that  the  perfect  grace  were  given, 

Thy  love  diffused  abroad  ! 
Oh.  that  our  hearts  were  all  a  heaven, 
For  ever  fill'd  with  God  ! 

HYMN  264.     L.  M. 

JESUS,  thy  loving  Spirit  alone 
Can  lead  me  forth,  and  make  me  free  ; 
Burst  every  bond  through  which  I  groan, 
And  set  my  heart  at  liberty. 

2  Now  let  thy  Spirit  bring  me  in, 

And  give  thy  servant  to  possess 
The  land  of  rest  from  inbred  sin, 
The  land  of  perfect  holiness. 

3  Lord,  if  I  believe  thy  power  the  same, 

The  same  thy  truth  and  grace  endure  ; 
And  in  thy  blessed  hands  I  am, 
And  trust  thee  for  a  perfect  cure. 

4  Come,    Saviour,  come,  and  make    me 

whole  ; 
Entirely  all  my  sins  remove  ! 
To  perfect  health  restore  my  soul, 
To  perfect  holiness  and  love. 


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206  CHRISTIAN  PERFECTION. 

HYMN  265.     C.  M. 

i\  I  HAT  is  our  calling's  glorious  hope, 
f  V    But  inward  holiness? 
For  this  to  Jesus  I  look  up, 
I  calmly  wait  for  this. 

2  I  wait,  till  he  shall  touch  me  clean, 

Shall  life  and  power  impart, 
Give  me  the  faith  that  casts  out  sin, 
And  purifies  the  heart. 

3  This  is  the  dear  redeeming  grace, 

For  every  sinner  free  ; 
Surely  it  shall  on  me  take  place, 
The  chief  of  sinners,  me. 

4  Be  it  according  to  thy  word, 

Redeem  me  from  all  sin  : 
My  heart  would  now  receive  thee,  Lord  ; 
Come  in,  my  Lord,  come  in ! 

HYMN  266.     C.  M. 

JESUS,  my  Lord,  I  cry  to  thee, 
Against  the  spirit  unclean  : 
I  want  a  constant  liberty, 
A  perfect  rest  from  sin. 

2  Expel  the  fiend  out  of  my  heart, 
By  love's  almighty  power  : 
Now,  now  command  him  to  depart  3 
And  never  enter  more. 


CHRISTIAN  PERFECTION. 


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3  This  moment  I  thy  truth  confess  ; 

This  moment  I  receive 
The  heavenly  gift,  the  dew  of  grace, 
And  by  thy  mercy  live. 

4  The  next,  and  every  moment,  Lord, 

On  me  thy  spirit  pour : 
And  bless  me,  who  believe  thy  word, 
With  that  last  glorious  shower ! 

HYMN  267.     S.  M. 

OCOME,  and  dwell  in  me, 
Spirit  of  power  within  ; 
And  bring  the  glorious  liberty 
From  sorrow,  fear  and  sin ! 

2  This  inward,  dire  disease, 
Spirit  of  health  remove  ; 

Spirit  of  finished  holiness, 
Spirit  of  perfect  love. 

3  Hasten  the  joyful  day 
Which  shall  my  sins  consume ; 

When  old  things  shall  be  done  away, 
And  all  things  new  become. 

4  I  want  the  witness,  Lord, 
That  all  I  do  is  ri^ht ; 

According  to  thy  will  and  word, 
Well  pleasing  in  thy  sight. 

5  I  ask  no  higher  state  ; 
Indulge  me  but  in  this ; 

And  soon  or  later  then  translate 
To  my  eternal  bliss. 


208 


CHRISTIAN  PERFECTION. 


HYMN  268.     L.  M. 

COME,  O  thou  greater  than  our  heart, 
And    make    thy     faithful     mercies 
known  ; 
The  mind  which  was  in  thee  impart ; 
Thy  constant  mind  in  us  be  shown. 

2  0  let  us  by  thy  cross  abide  : 

Thee,  only  thee,  resolv'd  to  know  ; 
The  Lamb  for  sinners  crucified, 
A  world  to  save  from  endless  wo. 

3  Take  us  into  thy  people's  rest, 

And   we  from   our   own  works  shall 
cease  : 
"With  thy  meek  spirit  arm  our  breast. 
And  keep  our  minds  in  perfect  peace. 

4  Jesus,  for  this  we  calmly  wait ; 

0  let  our  eyes  behold  thee  near ! 
Hasten  to  make  our  heaven  complete : 
Appear,  our  glorious  God,  appear! 

HYMN  269.     L.  M. 

THOU  God  that  answerest  by  fire, 
On  thee  in  Jesus'  name  we  call, 
Fulfil  our  faithful  hearts'  desire, 
And  let  on  us  thy  Spirit  fall. 

2  Bound  on  the  altar  of  thy  cross, 
Our  old  offending  nature  lies; 
Now.  for  the  honor  of  thy  cause, 
Come,  and  consume  the  sacrifice! 


CHRISTIAN  PERFECTION. 


209 


3  Its  body  totally  destroy  ! 

Thyself  the  Lord,  the  God  approve  ! 
And  fill  our  hearts  with  holy  joy, 
And  fervent  zeal,  and  perfect  love. 

4  0  that  the  fire  from  heaven  might  fall ! 

Our  sins  its  ready  victims  find  : 
Seize  on  our  sins,  and  burn  up  all, 
Nor  leave  the  least  remains  behind. 

HYMN  270.     C.  M. 

DEEPEN  the  wound  thy  hands  have 
made 
In  this  weak,  helpless  soul ; 
Till  mercy,  with  its  balmy  aid, 
Descend  to  make  me  whole. 

2  The  sharpness  of  thy  two-edg'd  sword 

Enable  me  V  endure  ; 
Till  bold  to  say,  My  hallowing  Lord 
Hath  wrought  a  perfect  cure. 

3  I  see  tlr  exceeding  broad  command. 

Which  all  contains  in  one ; 
Enlarge  my  heart  to  understand 
The  mystery  unknown. 

4  0  that  with  all  thy  saints  I  might, 

By  sweet  experience,  prove 
What  is  the  length,  and  breadth,  and 
height, 
And  depth  of  perfect  love  ! 


210 


CHRISTIAN  PERFECTION. 


HYMN  271.     CM. 

COME,  0  my  God,  the  promise  seal, 
This  mountain  sin  remove  ! 
Now  in  my  waiting  soul  reveal 
The  virtue  of  thy  love. 

2  I  want  thy  life,  thy  purity, 

Thy  righteousness  brought  in  : 
I  ask,  desire,  and  trust  in  thee 
To  be  redeem ?d  from  sin. 

3  For  this  as  taught  by  thee  I  pray, 

And  can  no  longer  doubt ! 
Remove  from  hence,  to  sin  I  say, 
Be  cast  this  moment  out. 

4  ?Tis  done  ;  thou  dost  this  moment  save, 

With  full  salvation  bless ; 
Redemption  through  thy  blood  I  have, 
And  spotless  love  and  peace. 

HYMN  272.     L.  M. 

IF  now  I  have  acceptance  found 
With  thee,  or  favor  in  thy  sight, 
Still  with  thy  grace  and  truth  surround, 
And  arm  me  with  thy  Spirit's  might. 

2  Oh,  may  I  hear  thy  warning  voice, 
And  timely  flee  from  danger  near, 
With  rev'rence  unto  thee  rejoice, 
And  love  thee  with  a  filial  fear  : 


CHRISTIAN  PERFECTION. 


211 


3  Still  hold  my  soul  in  second  life, 

And  suffer  not  my  feet  to  slide  : 

Support  me  in  the  glorious  strife, 

And  comfort  me  on  every  side. 

4  0  o-ive  me  faith,  and  faith's  increase 

Finish  the  work  begun  in  me, 
Preserve  my  soul  in  perfect  peace. 
And  let  me  always  rest  on  thee  ! 

HYMN  273.     C.  M. 
"TT'HEN  shall  I  see  the  welcome  hour 
1 1     That  plants  my  God  in  rne  ! 

Spirit  of  health,  and  life,  and  power, 
And  perfect  liberty. 

2  Love  only  can  the  conquest  win, 

The  strength  of  sin  subdue  ; 
Come,  0  my  Saviour,  cast  out  sin, 
And  form  my  soul  anew  ! 

3  No  longer  then  my  heart  shall  mourn, 

While  sanctified  by  grace ; 
I  only  for  his  glory  burn, 
And  always  see  his  face. 

HYMN  274.     L.  M. 

LET  not  the  wise  their  wisdom  boast ; 
The  mighty  glory  in  his  micrht  : 
The  rich  in  flatt'rm^  riches  trust, 
^Yhich  take  their  everlasting  flight. 


212 


CHRISTIAN  PERFECTION. 


The  rush  of  numerous  years  bears  down 
The  most  gigantic  strength  of  man  ; 

And  where  is  all  his  wisdom  gone, 
When  dust  he  turns  to  dust  again? 

2  One  only  gift  can  justify 

The  boasting  soul  that  knows  his  God  ; 
When  Jesus  doth  his  blood  apply, 

I  glory  in  his  sprinkled  blood. 
The  Lord  my  Righteousness  I  praise, 

I  triumph  in  the  love  divine  ; 
The  wisdom,  wealth  and  strength  of  grace, 
In  Christ  to  endless  ages  mine. 

HYMN  275.     S.  M. 

LORD,  in  the  strength  of  grace, 
With  a  glad  heart  and  free, 
Myself,  my  residue  of  days, 
I  consecrate  to  thee. 

2  Thy  ransom" d  servant  I, 
Restore  to  thee  thine  own  ; 

And  from  this  moment  live  or  die, 
To  serve  my  God  alone. 

HYMN  276.     C.  M. 

I^ATHER,  into  thy  hands  alone 
-    I  have  my  all  restor'd  ; 

My  all,  thy  property  I  own  : 
The  steward  of  the  Lord. 


CHRISTIAN  PERFECTION. 


213 


2  Hereafter  none  can  take  away 

My  life,  or  goods,  or  fame  ; 
Ready,  at  thy  demand,  to  lay 
Them  down,  I  always  am. 

3  Confiding  in  thy  only  love. 

Through  Jesus  strength  ning  me, 
I  wait  thy  faithfulness  to  prove, 
And  give  back  all  to  thee. 

4  Determin'd  all  thy  will  t'  obey, 

Thy  blessings  I  restore  ; 
Give,  Lord,  or  take  thy  gifts  away, 
I  praise  thee  evermore. 

HYMN  277.     C.  M. 

FATHER ,  to  thee  my  soul  I  lift ; 
My  soul  on  thee  depends  ; 
Convinc'd  that  every  perfect  gift 
From  thee  alone  descends. 

2  Mercy  and  orace  are  thine  alone, 

And  power  and  wisdom  too  ; 
"Without  the  Spirit  of  thy  Son, 
We  nothing  good  can  do. 

3  We  cannot  speak  one  useful  word, 

One  holy  thought  conceive, 

Unless,  in  answer  to  our  Lord, 

Thyself  the  blessing  give. 

4  Thou  all  our  works  in  us  hast  wrought, 

Our  good  is  all  divine  : 
The  praise  of  every  virtuous  thought, 
And  righteous  word,  is  thine. 


214 


PASTORAL. 


5  From  thee,  through  Jesus,  we  receive 
The  power  on  thee  to  call ; 
In  whom  we  are,  and  move,  and  live, 
Our  God  is  all  in  all. 


PASTORAL. 


HYMN  278.     S.  M. 

LORD  of  the  harvest,  hear 
Thy  needy  servant's  cry  ; 
Answer  our  faith's  effectual  prayer, 
And  all  our  wants  supply. 

2  On  thee  we  humbly  wait, 
Our  wants  are  in  thy  view  ; 

The  harvest  truly,  Lord,  is  great, 
The  laborers  are  few. 

3  Convert  and  send  forth  more 
Into  thy  church  abroad  ; 

And  let  them  speak  thy  word  of  power, 
As  workers  with  their  God. 

4  Give  the  pure  Gospel  word, 
The  word  of  general  grace  ; 

Then  let  them  preach  the  common  Lord, 
Saviour  of  human  race. 

5  0  let  them  spread  thy  name, 
Their  mission  fully  prove  ; 

Thy  universal  grace  proclaim, 
Thine  all-redeeming  love ! 


PASTORAL. 


215 


HYMN  279.     L.  M. 

HIGH  on  his  everlasting  throne, 
The  King  of  saints  his  work  sur- 
veys ; 
Marks  the  dear  souls  he  calls  his  own, 

And  smiles  on  the  peculiar  race. 
He  rests  well  pleased  their  toils  to  see  ; 

Beneath  his  easy  yoke  they  move  ; 
With  all  their  heart  and  strength  agree 

In  the  sweet  labor  of  his  love. 
See  where  the  servants  of  the  Lord, 

A  busy  multitude,  appear: 
For  Jesus  day  and  night  employed, 

His  heritage  they  toil  to  clear. 
The  love  of  Christ  their  hearts  constrains, 
And     strengthens     their     unwearied 
hands ; 
They  spend  their  sweat,  and  blood,  and 
pains, 
To  cultivate  Immanuel's  lands. 

HYMN  260.     S.  M. 

HOW  beauteous  are  their  feet 
Who  stand  on  Zion's  hill  ; 
That  bring  salvation  on  their  tongues, 
And  words  of  peace  reveal ! 

2  How  charming  is  their  voice, 

So  sweet  the  tidings  are  : 
"  Zion,  behold  thy  Saviour  King  ; 

He  reigns  and  triumphs  here  !" 


216 


PASTORAL. 


3  How  happy  are  our  ears, 
That  hear  the  joyful  sound, 

Which  kings  and  prophets  waited  for 
And  sought,  but  never  found  ! 

4  How  blessed  are  our  eyes, 
That  see  this  heavenly  light ; 

Prophets  and  kings  desir'd  it  long, 
But  died  without  the  sight ! 

5  The  watchmen  join  their  voice, 
And  tuneful  notes  employ  ; 

Jerusalem  breaks  forth  in  songs, 
And  deserts  learn  the  joy. 

0  The  Lord  makes  bare  his  arm, 
Through  all  the  earth  abroad  : 

Let  every  nation  now  behold 
Their  Saviour  and  their  God. 

HYMN  281.     L.  M. 

COMFORT,  ye  ministers  of  grace, 
Comfort  the  people  of  your  Lord  ; 
0  lift  up  the  fallen  race, 

And  cheer  them  by  the  Gospel  word. 

2  Go  into  every  nation,  go  ; 

Speak  to  their  trembling  hearts,  and  cry, 
Glad  tidings  unto  all  we  show : 
Jerusalem,  thy  God  is  nigh. 

3  Hark  !  in  the  wilderness  a  cry, 

A  voice  that  loudly  calls,  Prepare  ; 
Prepare  your  hearts,  for  God  is  nigh, 
And  means  to  make  his  entrance  there ! 


PASTORAL. 


217 


4  The  Lord  your  God  shall  quickly  come  ; 
Sinners,  repent,  the  call  obey : 
Open  your  hearts  to  make  him  room ; 
Ye  desert  souls,  prepare  his  way. 

HYMN  282.     L.  M. 

DRAW   near,  0  Son  of  God,  draw 
near ! 
Us  with  thy  flaming-  eye  behold  : 
Still  in  thy  church  vouchsafe  t'  appear, 
And  let  our  candlestick  be  gold. 

2  Still  hold  the  stars  in  thy  right  hand, 

And  let  them  in  thy  lustre  glow ; 
The  lights  of  a  benighted  land, 
The  angels  of  thy  church  below. 

3  Their  hearts  from  things  of  earth  remove ; 

Sprinkle  them,  Lord,  from  sin  and  fear ; 
Fix  their  affections  all  above, 

And  lay  up  all  their  treasures  there. 

4  Give  them  an  ear  to  hear  thy  word, — 

Thou  speakest  to  the  churches  now, — 
And  let  all  tongues  confess  their  Lord ; 
Let  every  knee  to  Jesus  bow. 

HYMN  283.     L.  M. 

SHALL  I,  for  fear  of  feeble  man, 
The  Spirit's  course  in  me  restrain? 
Or,  undismay'd  in  deed  and  word, 
Be  a  true  witness  of  my  Lord  ? 
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218 


PASTORAL. 


2  Aw'd  by  a  mortars  frown,  shall  I 
Conceal  the  word  of  God  Most  High  ? 
How  then  before  thee  shall  I  dare 
To  stand,  or  how  thine  anger  bear? 

3  Shall  I,  to  soothe  the  unholy  throng, 
Soften  thy  truth,  or  smooth  my  tongue, 
To  gain  earth's  gilded  toys,  or  flee 
The  cross  endur'd,  my  Lord,  by  thee? 

4  What  then  is  he  whose  scorn  I  dread  ? 
Whose  wrath  or  hate  makes  me  afraid  ? 
A  man  !  an  heir  of  death !  a  slave 

To  sin  !  a  bubble  on  the  wave  ! 

5  Yea,  let  men  rage  ;  since  thou  wilt  spread 
Thy  shadowing  wings  around  my  head  : 
Since  in  all  pain  thy  tender  love 

Will  still  my  sure  refreshment  prove. 

HYMN  264.     L.  M. 

SAVIOUR  of  men,  thy  searching  eye 
Doth  all  my  inmost  thoughts  descry  : 
Doth  aught  on  earth  my  wishes  raise, 
Or  the  world's  pleasures  or  its  praise? 

2  The  love  of  Christ  doth  me  constrain 
To  seek  the  wand'ring  souls  of  men  ; 
With  cries,  entreaties,  tears,  to  save, 
To  snatch  them  from  the  gaping  grave. 

3  For  this  let  men  revile  my  name, 
No  cross  I  shun,  I  fear  no  shame  ; 
All  hail  reproach,  and  welcome  pain  ; 
Only  thy  terrors,  Lord,  restrain. 


PASTORAL. 


219 


4  My  life,  my  blood.  I  here  present, 
If  tor  thy  truth  they  may  be  spent, 
Fulfil  thy  sovereign  counsel.  Lord  ! 
Thy  will  be  done,  thy  name  ador'd  ! 

5  Give  me  thy  strength,  oh.  God  of  power  : 
Then  let  winds  blow,  or  thunders  roar, 
Thy  faithful  witness  will  I  be  : 

;Tis  fixt ;  I  can  do  all  through  thee. 

HYMN  285.     L.  M. 

GO  preach  my  Gospel,  saith  the  Lord, 
Bid  the  whole  world  my  grace  receive; 
He  shall  be  sav'd  who  trusts  my  word ; 
He  shall  be  damn'd  that  won't  believe. 

2  I'll  make  your  great  commission  known, 

And  ye  shall  prove  rny  Gospel  true, 
By  all  the  works  that  I  have  done, 
By  all  the  wonders  ye  shall  do. 

3  Teach  all  the  nations  my  commands  ; 

"I  'in  with  yuu  till  the  world  shall  end  : 
All  power  is  trusted  in  my  hands, 
I  can  destroy,  and  I  defend.'5 

HYMN  286.     C.  M. 

JESUS,  the  word  of  mercy  give, 
And  let  it  swiftly  run  ; 
And  let  the  priests  themselves  believe, 
And  put  salvation  on. 


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2  Cloth'd  with  the  Spirit  of  Holiness, 

May  all  thy  people  prove 
The  plenitude  of  Gospel  grace, 
The  joy  of  perfect  love. 

3  Jesus,  let  all  thy  lovers  shine, 

Illustrious  as  the  sun  ; 
And  bright  with  borrow "d  rays  divine, 
Their  glorious  circuit  run. 

4  Beyond  the  reach  of  mortals,  spread 

Their  light  where'er  they  go  ; 
And  heavenly  influence  shed 
On  all  the  world  below. 


HYMN  287.     CM. 

JESUS,  the  name  high  over  all, 
In  hell,  or  earth,  or  sky ! 
Angels  and  men  before  it  fail, 
And  devils  fear  and  fly. 

2  Jesus,  the  name  to  sinners  dear, 

The  Name  to  sinners  given  ! 

It  scatters  all  their  guilty  fear ; 

It  turns  their  hell  to  heaven. 

3  0  that  the  world  might  taste  and  see 

The  riches  of  his  grace  ; 
The  arms  of  love  that  compass  me, 
Would  all  mankind  embrace. 


TAST0RAL. 


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4  His  only  righteousness  I  show. 

His  saving  truth  proclaim  : 
7Tis  all  my  business  here  below. 
To  cry,  *;  Behold  the  Lamb  ! 

5  Happy,  if  with  my  latest  breath 

I  may  but  gasp  his  Name  ! 
Preach  him  to  all.  and  cry  in  death, 
"  Behold,  behold  the  Lamb  !  " 

HYMN  288.     CM. 

LET  Zion's  watchmen  all  awake 
And  take  th'  alarm  they  give. 
Now  let  them  from  the  mouth  of  God, 
Their  awful  charge  receive. 

2  'Tis  not  a  cause  of  small  import, 

The  pastor's  care  demands  : 
But  what  might  till  an  angel's  heart, 
And  fill'd  a  Saviour's  hands. 

3  They  watch  for  souls,  for  which  the  Lord 

Did  heavenly  bliss  forego  ! 
For  souls,  which  must  forever  live, 
In  raptures,  or  in  wo. 

4  And  to  the  great  tribunal  haste, 

Th'  account  to  render  there  : 
And   shouldst   thou   strictly   mark    our 
faults, 
Lord,  where  should  we  appear! 


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5  May  they  that  Jesus  whom  they  preach, 
Their  own  Redeemer  see, 
And  watch  thou  daily  o'er  their  souls, 
That  they  may  watch  for  thee. 

HYMN  289.     CM. 

JESUS,  my  strength  and  righteousness, 
My  Saviour  and  my  King, 
Triumphantly  thy  name  I  bless, 
Thy  conqu'ring  name  I  sing. 

2  Thou  gavest  me  to  speak  thy  word, 

In  the  appointed  hour  : 
I  have  proclaim 'd  my  dying  Lord, 
And  felt  thy  Spirit's  power. 

3  Oh,  let  me  have  thy  presence  still, 

Set  as  a  flint  my  face, 
To  show  the  counsel  of  thy  will, 
Which  saves  a  world  by  grace ! 

4  Oh,  never  let  me  blush  to  own 

The  glorious  Gospel  word  ; 
Which  saves  a  world  through  faith  alone, 
Faith  in  a  dying  Lord  ! 


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SPREAD  OF  THE  GOSPEL. 

HYMN  290.     CM. 

ONCE  more  we  come  before  our  God ; 
Once  more  his  blessings  ask  : 
Oh,  may  not  duty  seem  a  load  ! 
Nor  worship  prove  a  task. 

2  Father,  thy  quick'ning  Spirit  send 

From  heaven,  in  Jesus'  name, 
To  make  our  waiting  minds  attend, 
And  put  our  souls  in  frame. 

3  May  we  receive  the  word  we  hear, 

Each  in  an  honest  heart ; 
And  keep  the  precious  treasure  there, 
And  never  with  it  part. 

4  To  seek  thee  all  our  hearts  dispose, 

To  each  thy  blessings  suit, 
And  let  the  seed  thy  servant  sows, 
Produce  abundant  fruit. 

HYMN  291.     L.  M. 

GLORY  to  God,  whose  sovereign  grace 
Hath  animated  senseless  stones  ; 
Call'd  us  to  stand  before  his  face, 
And  rais'd  us  into  Abraham's  sons. 


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2  The  people  that  in  darkness  lay, 

In  sin  and  error's  deadly  shade, 

Have  seen  a  glorious  Gospel-day, 

In  Jesus'  lovely  face  display'd. 

3  Thou  only,  Lord,  the  work  hast  done, 

And  bar'd  thine  arm  in  all  our  sight; 
Hast  made  the  reprobates  thine  own, 
And  claim'd  the  outcasts  as  thy  right. 

4  Thy  single  arm,  almighty  Lord, 

To  us  the  great  salvation  brought : 
Thy  Word,  thy  all-creating  Word, 
That  spake  at  first  the  world  from 
nought. 

HYMN  292.     L.  M. 

ARM  of  the  Lord,  awake,  awake  ! 
Thine  own  immortal  strength  put  on; 
With  terror    cloth 'd,    hell's    kingdom 
shake, 
And  cast  thy  foes  with  fury  down. 

2  As  in  the  ancient  days  appear ! 

The  sacred  annals  speak  thy  fame; 
Be  now  omnipotently  near, 
To  endless  ages  still  the  same. 

3  By  death  and  hell  pursu'd  in  vain, 

To  thee  the  ransom'd  seed  shall  come  ; 
Shouting  their  heavenly  Sion  gain, 
And  pass  thro'  death  triumphant  home. 


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4  The  pain  of  life  shall  then  be  o'er, 

The  anguish  and  distracting  care  ; 
There  sighing  grief  shall  weep  no  more, 
And  sin  shall  never  enter  there. 

5  Where  pure,  essential  joy  is  found. 

The  Lord's  redeem'd  their  heads  shall 
raise, 
With  everlasting  gladness  crown 'd. 
And  fill'd  with  love,  and  lost  in  praise. 


HOLY  SCRIPTURES. 


HYMN  293.     CM. 

COME,  Holy  Ghost,  our  hearts  inspire, 
Let  us  thine  influence  prove  ; 
Source  of  the  old  prophetic  fire, 
Fountain  of  life  and  love. 

2  Come,  Holy  Ghost,  for  moved  by  thee, 

The  prophets  wrote  and  spoke  ; 
Unlock  the  truth,  thyself  the  key, 
Unseal  the  sacred  book. 

3  Expand  thy  wings,  Celestial  Dove, 

Brood  o'er  our  nature's  night ; 
On  our  disordered  spirits  move, 
And  let  there  now  be  light. 


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4  God,  thro'  himself,  we  then  shall  know, 
If  thou  within  us  shine  ; 
And  sound,  with  all  thy  saints  below, 
The  depths  of  love  divine. 

HYMN  294.     C.  M. 

FATHER  of  all,  in  whom  alone 
We  live,  and  move,  and  breathe : 
One  bright,  celestial  ray  dart  down, 
And  cheer  thy  sons  beneath. 

2  While  in  thy  word  we  search  for  thee, 

(We  search  with  trembling  awe  !) 
Open  our  eyes,  and  let  us  see 
The  wonders  of  thy  law. 

3  Now  let  our  darkness  comprehend 

The  light  that  shines  so  clear  ; 
Now  the  revealing  Spirit  send, 
And  give  us  ears  to  hear. 

4  Before  us  make  thy  goodness  pass, 

Which  here  by  faith  we  know  ; 
Let  us  in  Jesus  see  thy  face, 
And  die  to  all  below. 

HYMN  295.     CM. 

THE  counsels  of  redeeming  grace 
The  sacred  leaves  unfold  : 
And  here  the  Saviour's  lovely  face 
Our  raptur'd  eyes  behold. 


HULV    SCRIPTURES. 


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2  Here  light  descending-  from  above, 

Directs  our  doubtful  feet : 
Here  promises  of  heavenly  love, 
Our  ardent  wishes  meet. 

3  Our  numerous  griefs  are  here  redrest, 

_  And  all  our  wants  supplied  : 
Nought  we  can  ask  to  make  us  blest, 
Is  in  this  book  denied. 

4  For  these  inestimable  gains. 

That  so  enrich  the  mind. 
Oh,  may  we  search  with  eager  pains, 
Assur'd  that  we  shall  find. 

HYMN  296.     CM. 

FATHER  of  mercies,  in  thy  word 
What  endless  glory  shines  ! 
For  ever  be  thy  name  ador'd 
For  these  celestial  lines. 

2  Here  may  the  wretched  sons  of  want, 

Exhaustless  riches  find, 
Riches  above  what  earth  can  grant, 
And  lasting  as  the  mind. 

3  Here  the  fair  tree  of  knowledge  grows, 

And  yields  a  free  repast, 
Sublimer  sweets  than  nature  knows, 
Invite  the  longing  taste. 

•1  Here  the  Redeemer's  welcome  voice 
Spreads  heavenly  peace  around  ; 
And  life,  and  everlasting  joys. 
Attend  the  blissful  sound, 


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5  0  may  these  heavenly  pages  be 

My  ever  dear  delight ; 
And  still  new  beauties  may  I  see, 
And  still  increasing  light  ! 

6  Divine  Instructor,  gracious  Lord, 

Be  thou  for  ever  near  ; 
Teach  me  to  love  thy  sacred  word, 
And  view  my  Saviour  there. 


DEDICATION. 


HYMN  -297.     L.  M. 

FROM  all  that  dwell  below  the  skies, 
Let  the  Creator's  praise  arise  ; 
Let  the  Redeemer's  name  be  sung, 
Through  every  land,  by  every  tongue. 
Eternal  are  thy  mercies,  Lord  ; 
Eternal  truth  attends  thy  word ; 
Thy  praise  shall  sound  from  shore  to 

shore, 
Till  suns  shall  rise  and  set  no  more. 

Your  lofty  themes,  ye  mortals,  bring ; 
In  songs  of  praise  divinely  sing  ; 
The  great  salvation  loud  proclaim, 
And  shout  for  joy  the  Saviour's  name. 
In  every  land  begin  the  soncr ; 
To  every  land  the  strains  belong  : 
In  cheerful  sounds  all  voices  raise, 
And  fill  the  world  with  loudest  praise. 


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HYMN  298.     L.  M. 

BEFORE  Jehovah's  awful  throne, 
Ye  nations  bow  with  sacred  joy  ; 
Know  that  the  Lord  is  God  alone  ; 
He  can  create  and  he  destroy. 

2  His  sovereign  power,  without  our  aid, 

Made  us  of  clay  and  form'd  us  men ; 
And   when   like   wand'ring    sheep   we 
stray'd, 
He  brought  us  to  his  fold  again. 

3  We'll  crowd   thy  gates   with   thankful 

songs. 
High  as  the  heavens  our  voices  raise  ; 
And  earth,  with  her  ten  thousand  tongues, 
Shall   fill   thy  courts  with   sounding 
praise. 

4  Wide  as  the  world  is  thy  command ; 

Vast  as  eternity  thy  love  ; 
Firm  as  a  rock  thy  truth  must  stand, 
When  rolling  years  shall  cease  to  move. 

HYMN  299.     6  lines  8s. 

LO!   God  is  here  !  let  us  adore, 
And  own  how  dreadful  is  this  place  : 
Let  all  within  us  feel  his  power, 

And  silent  bow  before  his  face ! 
Who  know  his  power,  his  grace  who 

prove, 
Serve  him  with  awe,  with  rev'rence  love. 


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2  Lo !  God  is  here  !  him  day  and  night 

Tfr  united  choirs  of  angels  sing  : 
To  him  enthron'd  above  all  height, 
Heaven's  host   their   noblest   praises 
bring  : 
Disdain  not,  Lord,  our  meaner  song, 
Who   praise   thee    with   a   stamm'ring 
tongue. 

3  Gladly  the  toys  of  earth  we  leave, — 

Wealth,    pleasure,   fame, — for    thee 
alone  ; 
To  thee  our  will,  soul,  flesh,  we  give — 

0  take  !  0  seal  them  for  thine  own ! 
Thou  art  the  God,  thou  art  the  Lord  ; 
Be  thou  by  all  thy  works  adord  ! 

4  Being  of  beings  !  may  our  praise 

Thy  courts  with  grateful  fragrance  fill : 
Still  may  we  stand  before  thy  face ; 

Still  hear  and  do  thy  sovereign  will : 
To  thee  may  all  our  thoughts  arise, 
Ceaseless,  accepted  sacrifice. 

HYMN  300.     L.  M. 

JESUS  shall  reign  where'er  the  sun 
Does  his  successive  journeys  run  ; 
His  kingdom  spread  from  shore  to  shore, 
Till  moons  shall  wax  and  wane  no  more. 

2  From  north  to  south  the  princes  meet, 
To  pay  their  homage  at  his  feet ; 
While  eastern  empires  own  their  Lord, 
And  savage  tribes  attend  his  word. 


DEDICATION'. 


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3  To  him  shall  endless  prayer  be  made, 
And  endless  praises  crown  his  head  ; 
His  name,  like  sweet  perfume,  shall  rise 
With  every  morning  sacrifice. 

4  People  and  realms  of  every  tongue 
Dwell  on  his  love  with  sweetest  song; 
And  infant  voices  shall  proclaim 
Their  early  blessings  on  his  name. 

HYMN  301.     L.  M. 

GREAT  God,  thy  watchful  care  we 
bless, 
Which  guards   these   sacred  courts   in 

peace  ; 
Nor  dare  tumultuous  foes  invade, 
To  fill  thy  worshippers  with  dread. 

2  These  walls  we  to  thy  honor  raise  ; 
Long  may  they  echo  "to  thy  praise  ! 
And  thou,  descending,  fill  the  place 
With  choicest  tokens  of  thy  grace. 

3  And  in  the  great  decisive  day, 
When  God  the  nations  shall  survey, 
May  it  before  the  world  appear, 
That  crowds  were  born  to  glory  here. 

HYMN  30-2.     L.  M. 

HOW  pleasant,  how  divinely  fair, 
0  Lord  of  Hosts,  thy  dwellings  are  ! 
With  strong  desire  my  spirit  faints 
To  meet  th"  assemblies  of  thy  saints. 


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2  Blest  are  the  saints  that  sit  on  high, 
Around  thy  throne  of  majesty  ; 
The  brightest  glories  shine  above, 
And  all  their  work  is  praise  and  love. 

3  Blest  are  the  souls  that  find  a  place 
Within  the  temple  of  thy  grace  ; 
Here  they  behold  thy  gentler  rays, 
And  seek  thy  face  and  learn  thy  praise. 

4  Blest  are  the  men  whose  hearts  are  set 
To  find  the  way  to  Sion's  gate  ; 

God  is  their  strength,  and  through  the 

road 
They  lean  upon  their  helper  God. 

HYMN  303.     L.  M. 

GREAT  God  attend,  while  Sion  sings 
The  joy  that   from    thy  presence 
springs ; 
To  spend  one  day  with  thee  on  earth, 
Exceeds  a  thousand  days  of  mirth. 

2  Might  I  enjoy  the  meanest  place 
Within  thine  house,  0  God  of  grace, 
Not  tents  of  ease,  nor  thrones  of  power, 
Should  tempt  my  feet  to  leave  thy  door. 

3  God  is  our  sun,  he  makes  our  day ; 
God  is  our  shield,  he  guards  our  way 
From  all  th'  assaults  of  hell  and  sin  ; 
From  foes  without  and  foes  within. 


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All  needful  grace  will  God  bestow, 
And  crown  that  grace  with  glory  too  ; 
He  gives  us  all  things,  and  withholds 
No  real  good  from  upright  souls. 

HYMN  304.     S.  M. 

GREAT  is  the  Lord  our  God, 
And  let  his  praise  be  great ; 
He  makes  his  churches  his  abode, 
His  most  delightful  seat. 

2  These  temples  of  his  grace, 

How  beautiful  they  stand  ! 

The  honors  of  our  native  place, 

And  bulwarks  of  our  land. 

3  In  Sion  God  is  known 
A  refuge  in  distress  ; 

How  bright  has  his  salvation  shone 
Through  all  her  palaces  ! 

4  In  every  new  distress 
We'll  to  his  house  repair  : 

We'll  think  upon  his  wond'rous  grace, 

And  seek  deliverance  there. 

HYMN  305.     L.  M. 

BEHOLD  thy  temple,  God  of  grace, 
The  house  that  we  have  rear'd  for 
thee. 
Regard  it  as  thy  resting  place, 
And  rill  it  with  thy  majestv. 
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2  With  outstretched  hands  on  thee  we  call, 

Prostrate  before  thy  throne  we  bow ; 
Oh,  let  the  cloud  of  glory  fall 
On  all  thy  waiting  servants  now. 

3  Now  by  thy  presence  sanctify 

This  earthly  sanctuary,  Lord  ; 
And  to  its  courts  be  ever  nigh, 

And  here  thy  hallow 'd  name  record. 

4  When  from  its  altar  shall  arise 

Joint  supplication  to  thy  name, 
Deign  to  accept  the  sacrifice, 

Thyself  our  answering  God  proclaim. 

5  Now,  therefore,  0  our  God,  arise, 

In  this  thy  resting  place  appear  ; 
And  let  thy  people's  longing  eyes 
Behold  thee  fix  thy  dwelling  here. 

HYMN  306.     L.  M. 

FOUNTAIN  of  life,  enthroned  above, 
To  thee  our  grateful  songs  shall  rise  ; 
And  may  this  tribute  of  our  love 
Prove  an  accepted  sacrifice. 

2  Tho'  poor  the  offering,  wilt  thou  deign 

In  mercy  to  accept  it,  Lord  ! 
Show  us  that  thou  canst  dwell  with  men, 
And  make  this  temple  thine  abode. 

3  Here  may  our  supplications  rise, 

As  holy  incense  to  thy  throne  ; 
And  grace  descend  in  rich  supplies. 
To  make  thy  power  and  mercy  known. 


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4  These  walls  shall  to  thy  praise  resound, 
Till  we  arise  to  dwell  with  thee  : 
May  future  ages  catch  the  sound, 
And  still  prolong  the  melody. 


EIRTH  DAY. 


HYMN  307.     4  6s  &  2  Ss. 

GOD  of  my  life,  to  thee 
My  cheerful  soul  I  raise  ! 
Thy  goodness  bade  me  be, 
And  still  prolongs  my  days  ; 

1  see  my  natal  hour  return, 

And  bless  the  day  that  1  was  born. 

2  Long  as  I  live  beneath. 

To  thee,  0  let  me  live, 
To  thee  my  every  breath 

In  thanks  and  praises  give  ' 
Whate"er  I  have,  whate'er  I  am, 
Shall  magnify  my  Maker's  name. 

3  My  soul  and  all  its  powers, 

Thine,  wholly  thine  shall  be  ; 
All,  all  my  happy  hours 

I  consecrate  to  thee  ; 
Me  to  thine  image  now  restore, 
And  I  shall  praise  thee  evermore. 


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4  Then  when  the  work  is  done, 
The  work  of  faith  with  power, 
Receive  thy  favor'd.  son, 

In  death's  triumphant  hour — 
Like  Moses  to  thyself  convey, 
And  kiss  my  rapturd  soul  away. 

HYMN  308.     lis  &  9s. 

AWAY    with    our   fears !     The   glad 
morning  appears, 
When  an  heir  of  salvation  was  born  ! 
From  Jehovah  I  came,  For  his  glory  I  am, 
And  to  him  I  with  singing  return. 

Oh,  the  infinite  cares,  And  temptations, 
and  snares, 
Thy  hand  hath  conducted  me  through  ! 
Oh,  the  blessing  bestow 'd,  By  a  boun- 
tiful God, 
And  the  mercies  eternally  new. 

What  a  mercy  is  this ;   What  a  heaven 
of  bliss, 
How  unspeakably  happy  am  I ! 
Gather "d  into  thy  fold,  With  thy  people 
enroll'd, 
With  thy  people  to  live  and  to  die. 

My  remnant  of  days  I  spend  in  his  praise, 
Who  died  the  whole  world  to  redeem  ; 

Be  they  many  or  few,  My  days  are  his 
due, 
And  thev  all  aie  devoted  to  him. 


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THANKSGIVING  DAY. 

HYMN  309.     C.  M. 
"YT^HEX  all  thy  mercies,  oh,  my  God, 

i  1     My  rising  soul  surveys — 
Transported  with  the  view,    I'm  lost 
In  wonder,  love,  and  praise  ! 

2  Oh,  how  can  words  with  equal  warmth 

The  gratitude  declare, 
That  glows  within  my  ravish'd  heart  ? — 
But  thou  canst  read  it  there  ! 

3  To  all  my  weak  complaints  and  cries, 

Thy  mercy  lent  an  ear  : 
Ere  yet  my  feeble  thoughts  had  learn'd 
To  form  themselves  in  prayer. 

4  Unnumbered  comforts  on  my  soul 

Thy  tender  care  bestow'd, 
Before  my  infant  heart  conceiv'd 
From  whom  those  comforts  flow'd. 

HYMN  310.     C.  M. 
TT'HEX  m  the  slippery  paths  of  youth, 
1  1     With  heedless  steps  I  ran  : 
Thine  arm,  unseen,  convey' d  me  safe, 
And  led  me  up  to  man. 
2  Thro'  hidden  dangers,  toils,  and  deaths, 
It  gently  clear' d  my  way  ; 
And  thro'  the  pleasing  snares  of  vice, 
Mure  to  be  feared  than  they. 


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THANKSGIVING    DAY. 


3  Ten  thousand  thousand  precious  gifts 

My  daily  thanks  employ  ; 
Nor  is  the  least  a  cheerful  heart, 
That  tastes  those  gifts  with  joy. 

4  Through  every  period  of  my  life 

Thy  goodness  I'll  pursue  ; 
And  after  death,  in  distant  worlds, 
The  pleasing  theme  renew. 

5  Through  all  eternity  to  thee 

A  grateful  song  I'll  raise  ; 
But  oh  !  eternity's  too  short 
To  utter  all  thy  praise. 

HYMN  311.     L.  M. 

GOD  of  my  life,  through  all  my  days, 
My  grateful  powers  shall  sound  thy 
praise  ; 
My  song  shall  wake  with  opening  light, 
And  cheer  the  dark  and  silent  night. 

2  Soon  shall  I  learn  the  exalted  strains 
Which  echo  through  the  heavenly  plains ; 
And  emulate,  with  joy  unknown, 

The  glowing  seraphs  round  the  throne. 

3  The  cheerful  tribute  will  I  give, 
Long  as  a  deathless  soul  shall  live  : 
A  work  so  sweet,  a  theme  so  high, 
Demands  and  crowns  eternity. 


CHRISTMAS.  239 

CHRISTMAS. 

HYMN  312.     C.  M. 
"TY^HILE    shepherds     watch'd     their 
1 1  rlocks  by  night, 

All  seated  on  the  ground. 
The  angel  of  the  Lord  came  down, 
And  glory  shone  around, 

2  "  Fear  not,"  said  he.  (for  mighty  dread 

Had  seiz'd  their  troubled  mind.) 
"  Glad  tidings  of  great  joy  I  bring 
To  you  and  all  mankind.'' 

3  Thus  spake  the  seraph,  and  forthwith 

Appear "d  a  shining  throng 
Of  angels  praising  God,  on  high, 
And  thus  address'd  their  song  : 

4  "  All  glory  be  to  God  on  high, 

And  to  the  earth  be  peace  ; 
Good  will  henceforth,  from  heaven  to  men, 
Begin  and  never  cease." 

HYMN  313.     C.  M. 

O  HEPHERDS,  rejoice,  lift  up  your  eyes 
O  And  send  your  fears  away. 
News  from  the  regions  of  the  skies — 
A  Saviour's  born  to-day. 


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CHRISTMAS. 


2  "  Jesus,  the  God  whom  angels  fear, 

Comes  down  to  dwell  with  you  ; 
To-day  he  makes  his  entrance  here, 
But  not  as  monarchs  do. 

3  "  Go,  shepherds,  where  the  infant  lies, 

And  see  his  humhle  throne  ; 
With  tears  of  joy  in  all  your  eyes, 
Go,  shepherds,  kiss  the  Son." 

4  "  Glory  to  God  that  reigns  above, 

Let  peace  surround  the  earth ; 
Mortals  shall  know  their  Maker's  love, 
At  their  Redeemer's  birth." 

5  Lord  !  and  shall  angels  have  their  songs, 

And  men  no  tunes  to  raise  ? 
Oh,  may  we  lose  these  useless  tongues 
When  we  forget  to  praise  ! 


HYMN  311.     C.  M. 

MORTALS,  awTake,  with  angels  join, 
And  chant  the  solemn  lay  ; 
Joy,  love  and  gratitude  combine, 
To  hail  th'  auspicious  day. 

2  In  heaven  the  rapturous  song  began, 
And  sweet  seraphic  fire 
Through  all  the  shining  legions  ran, 
And  strung  and  tun'd  the  lyre. 


CHRISTMAS. 


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3  Swift  through  the  vast  expanse  it  flew, 

And  loud  the  echo  roll'd  ; 
The  theme,  the  song:,  the  joy  was  new, 
'Twas  more  than  heaven  could  hold. 

4  Down  through  the  portals  of  the  sky 

The  impetuous  torrent  ran  ; 

And  angels  flew  with  eager  joy 

To  bear  the  news  to  man. 

5  Hail,  Prince  of  Life,  for  ever  hail ! 

Redeemer,  Brother,  Friend  ! 
Tho'  earth,  and  time,  and  life  should  fail, 
Thy  praise  shall  never  end. 


HYMN  315.     C.  M. 

0   SAVIOUR,  whom  this  holy  morn 
Gave  to  our  world  below, 
To  mortal  want  and  labor  born, 
And  more  than  mortal  wo — 

2  Incarnate  Word,  by  every  grief, 

By  each  temptation  tried, 
"Who  lives  to  yield  our  ills  relief, 
And  to  redeem  us  died — 

3  If  gaily  clothed  and  proudly  fed, 

In  dangerous  wealth  we  dwell, 
Remind  us  of  thy  manger  bed, 
And  lowly  cottage  cell. 


242 


CHRISTMAS. 


If  pressed  by  poverty  severe, 

In  envious  want  we  pine, 
Oh,  may  thy  Spirit  whisper  near, 

How  poor  a  lot  was  thine. 

Through  fickle  fortune's  various  scene 
From  sin  preserve  us  free  ; 

Like  us  thou  hast  a  mourner  been, 
May  we  rejoice  with  thee. 


HYMN  316.     8  lines  7s. 

HARK  !  the  herald-angels  sing, 
"  Glory  to  the  new-born  King  ; 
Peace  on  earth,  and  mercy  mild ; 
God  and  sinners  reconcil'd ;  " 
Joyful  all  ye  nations  rise, 
Join  the  triumphs  of  the  skies  : 
With  th'  angelic  hosts  proclaim, 
"  Christ  is  born  in  Bethlehem." 

2  Hail,  the  heaven-born  Prince  of  Peace ! 
Hail  the  Sun  of  Righteousness  ! 
Light  and  life  to  all  he  brings, 
Risen  with  healing  in  his  wings  : 
Mild  he  lays  his  glory  by, 
Born  that  man  no  more  may  die ; 
Born  to  raise  the  sons  of  earth  ; 
Born  to  give  them  second  birth. 


NEW    YEAR'S.  243 

NEW  YEAR'S. 

HYMN  317.     10s,  5s  &  lis. 

COME,  let  us  anew  our  journey  pursue, 
Roll  round  with  the  year. 
And  never  stand  still  till  the  Master  ap- 
pear ! 
His  adorable  will  let  us  gladly  fulfil, 

And  our  talents  improve, 
By  the  patience  of  hope  and  the  labor  of 
love. 

2  Our  life  as  a  dream,  our  time  as  a  stream, 

Glides  swiftly  away. 
And  the  fugitive  moment  refuses  to  stay  : 
The  arrow  is  flown,  the  moment  is  gone  ; 

The  millennial  year 
Rushes  on  to  our  view,  and  eternity's 
here. 

3  0  that  each  in  the  day  of  His  coming 

may  say, 
"  I  have  fought  my  way  through  ; 
I  have  finish 'd  the  work  thou  didst  give 

me  to  do  !'? 
0  that  each  from  his  Lord  may  receive 
the  el  ad  word, 
"  Well  and  faithfully  done  ! 
Enter  into  my  joy  and  sit  down  on  my 
throne !" 


244 


NEW    YEAR'S. 


HYMN  318.     L.  M. 


ETERNAL  source  of  every  joy, 
Well  may  thy  praise  our  lips  employ, 
While  in  thy  temple  we  appear, 
Whose  goodness  crowns  the  circling  year. 

2  The  flowery  spring,  at  thy  command, 
Embalms  the  air,  and  paints  the  land  ; 
The  summer  rays  with  vigor  shine, 
To  raise  the  corn  and  cheer  the  vine. 

3  Thy  hand  in  autumn  richly  pours 
Through  all  our  coasts  redundant  stores  ; 
And  winters,  soften'd  by  thy  care, 

No  more  a  lace  of  horror  wear. 

4  Seasons  and  months,  and  weeks  and  days 
Demand  successive  songs  of  praise  : 
Still  be  the  cheerful  homage  paid 
With  opening  light  and  evening  shade. 


HYMN  319.     CM. 

SING  to  the  great  Jehovah's  praise  ! 
All  praise  to  him  belongs, 
Who  kindly  lengthens  out  our  days, 

Demands  our  choicest,  songs  : 
His  providence  hath  brought  us  through 

Another  various  year  ; 
We  all  with  vows  and  anthems  new 
Before  our  God  appear. 


NEW    YEAR   S. 


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2  Father,  thy  mercies  past  we  own. 

Thy  still  continued  care  : 
To  thee  presenting,  through  thy  Sun, 

Whate'er  we  have  or  are  : 
Our  lips  and  lives  shall  gladly  show 

The  wonders  of  thv  love. 
While  on  in  Jesus'  steps  we  go 

To  seek  thy  face  above. 

3  Our  residue  of  days  or  hours. 

Thine,  wholly  thine,  shall  be  ; 
And  all  our  consecrated  powers, 

A  sacrifice  to  thee  : 
Till  Jesus  in  the  clouds  appear. 

To  saints  on  earth  forgiven, 
And  bring-  the  grand  sabbatic  year. 

The  jubilee  of  heaven. 

HYMN  320.     4  6s  &  2  8s. 

THE  Lord  of  earth  and  sky, 
The  God  of  ag-es  praise  ! 
Who  reigns  enthron'd  on  high, 
Ancient  of  endless  days  ! 
Who  lengthens  out  our  trials  here, 
And  spares  us  yet  another  year. 

2  Barren  and  wither'd  trees, 

We  cumber'd  lone  the  ground  ! 
No  fruit  of  holiness 

On  our  dead  souls  was  found  ; 

Yet  doth  he  us  in  mercy  spare, 

Another  and  another  year. 


246 


THE    SABBATH. 


3  When  justice  bar'd  the  sword, 

To  cut  the  fig-tree  down, 
The  pity  of  the  Lord 

Cried,  "  Let  it  still  alone  !  " 
The  Father  mild  inclines  his  ear, 
And  spares  us  yet  another  year. 

4  Then  dig  about  the  root, 

Break  up  our  fallow  ground, 
And  let  our  gracious  fruit 

To  thy  great  praise  abound  ; 
Oh,  let  us  all  thy  praise  declare, 
And  fruit  unto  perfection  bear. 


THE  SABBATH. 

HYMN  321.     L.  M. 

SWEET  is  the  work,  my  God ,  my  King, 
To  praise  thy  name,  give  thanks  and 
sing! 
To  show  thy  love  by  morning  light, 
And  talk  of  all  thy  truth  by  night. 

2  Sweet  is  the  day  of  sacred  rest, 

No  mortal  cares  shall  seize  my  breast ; 
Oh,  may  my  heart  in  tune  be  found, 
Like  David's  harp  of  solemn  sound  ! 

3  When  grace  has  purified  my  heart, 
Then  I  shall  share  a  glorious  part : 


THE    SABBATH. 


247 


And  fresh  supplies  of  joys  are  shed, 

Like  holy  oil  to  cheer  my  head. 

Then  shall  I  see.  and  hear,  and  know. 
All  I  desir'd  or  wish'd  below  ; 
And  every  hour  rind  sweet  employ, 
In  that  eternal  world  ol*  joy. 

HYMN  30-2.     CM. 

MAY  I,  throughout  this  day  of  thine, 
-  Be  in  thy  spirit.  Lord, 
Spirit  of  humble  fear  divine. 
That  trembles  at  thy  word. 

Spirit  of  faith,  my  heart  to  raise, 

And  rix  on  things  above 
Spirit  of  sacrifice  and  praise. 

Of  holiness  and  love. 

HYMN  323.     S.  M. 
IT^ELCOME.  sweet  day  of  rest, 
1 1     That  saw  the  Lord  arise  : 
Welcome  to  this  reviving  breast, 
And  these  rejoicing  eyes  ! 

2  The  King  himself  comes  near, 
And  feasts  his  saints  to-day  : 

Here  we  may  sit  and  see  him  here, 
And  ]oxe.  and  praise,  and  pray. 

3  One  day  in  such  a  place 
Where  thou,  my  God.  art  seen, 

Ts  sweeter  than  ten  thousand  days. 
Of  pleasurable  sin. 


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THE    SABBATH. 


4  My  willing  soul  would  stay 
In  such  a  frame  as  this, 

And  sit  and  sing  herself  away, 
To  everlasting  bliss. 


HYMN  324.     L.  M. 

RETURN,  my  soul,  enjoy  thy  rest, 
Improve  the  day  thy  God  has  blest ; 
Another  six  days'  work  is  done, 
Another  Sabbath  is  begun. 

2  Come,  bless  the  Lord,  whose  love  assigns 
So  sweet  a  rest  to  wearied  minds, 
Provides  a  blest  foretaste  of  heaven, 
On  this  day  more  than  all  the  seven. 

3  0  that  our  thoughts  and  thanks  may  rise, 
As  grateful  incense  to  the  skies, 

And  draw  from  Christ  that  sweet  repose, 
Which  none  but  he  that  feels  it  knows. 

4  In  holy  duties  let  the  day 

In  holy  comforts  pass  away  ; 

How  sweet,  a  Sabbath  thus  to  spend, 

In  hope  of  one  that  ne'er  shall  end ! 

HYMN  325.     L.  M. 

LORD  of  the  Sabbath,  hear  our  vows, 
On  this  thy  day,  in  this  thy  house  ; 
And  own,  as  Grateful  sacrifice, 
The  son^s  which  from  thv  servants  rise. 


SABBATH    SCHOOLS. 


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2  Thine  earthly  Sabbaths,  Lord,  we  love; 
But  there's  a  nobler  rest  above  ; 

To  that  our  lab  "ring  souls  aspire, 
With  ardent  pangs  of  strong  desire. 

3  No  more  fatigue,  no  more  distress, 
Nor  sin  nor  hell  shall  reach  the  place ; 
No  sighs  shall  mingle  with  the  songs 
Which  warble  from  immortal  tongues. 

i  No  rude  alarms  of  ra^ino-  foes  ; 
No  cares  to  break  the  lung  repose ; 
No  midnight  shade  ;  no  clouded  sun  ; 
But  sacred,  hmh.  eternal  noon. 


SABBATH  SCHOOLS. 


HYMN  326.     L,  M. 

FROM  year  to  year  in  love  we  meet, 
From  year  to  year  in  peace  we  part ; 
The  tongues  of  thousands  uttering  sweet 
The  bosom-joy  of  every  heart. 

2  But  time  rolls  on,  and  year  by  year 

We  change,  grow  up,  or  pass  away; 
Not  twice  the  same  assembly  here 
Have  hailed  the  children's  festal  day. 
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250 


SABEATH    SCHOOLS. 


3  Death,  ere  another  spring,  may  strike 

Some  in  our  union,  marked  to  fall ; 
Be  young  and  old  prepared  alike — 
The  warning  is  to  each,  to  all. 

4  This  sole  occasion,  then,  is  ours  ; 

This  day  we  ne'er  again  shall  see  ; 
Lord  God,  awaken  all  our  powers 
To  spend  it  for  eternity. 


HYMN  327.     C.  M. 

0  WISDOM,  whose  unfading  power 
Beside  th"  Eternal  stood, 
To  frame,  in  nature's  earliest  hour, 
The  land,  the  sky,  the  flood  ; 

2  Yet  didst  not  Thou  disdain  awhile 

An  infant  form  to  wear  ; 
To  bless  thy  mother  with  a  smile, 
And  lisp  thy  faltered  prayer. 

3  But  in  thy  Father's  own  abode. 

With  Israel's  elders  round, 
Conversing  high  with  Israel's  God, 
Thy  chiefest  joy  was  found. 

4  So  may  our  youth  adore  thy  name  ; 

And.  Saviour,  deign  to  bless, 
"With  fostering  grace,  the  timid  rlame 
Of  early  holiness. 


MISSIONS. 


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HYMN  3-28.     C.  M. 

BY  cool  Siloam's  shady  rill, 
How  sweet  the  lily  grows  ; 
How  sweet  the  breath  beneath  the  hill 
Of  Sharon's  dewy  rose. 

2  Lo,  such  the  child  whose  early  feet 

The  paths  of  peace  have  trod  ; 
AYhose  secret  heart,  with  influence  sweet, 
Is  upward  drawn  to  God. 

3  By  cool  Siloam's  shady  rill 

The  lily  must  decay  ; 
The  rose  that  blooms  beneath  the  hill 
Must  shortly  fade  away. 

4  And  soon,  too  soon,  the  wintry  hour 

Of  man's  maturer  age, 
"Will  shake  the  soul  with  sorrow's  power, 

And  stormy  passion's  rage. 


MISSIONS. 


HYMN  329.     L.  M. 

OX  all  the  earth  thy  Spirit  shower. 
The  earth  in  righteousness  renew  : 
Thy  kingdom  come, and  hell's  o'erpower, 
And  to  thy  sceptre  all  subdue. 


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MISSIONS. 


2  Like  mighty  winds  or  torrents  fierce, 

Let  it  opposers  all  overturn  ; 
And  every  law  of  sin  reverse. 

That  faith  and  love  may  make  all  one. 

3  Yea,  let  thy  Spirit  in  every  place 

His  richest  energy  declare  ; 
While  lovely  tempers,  fruits  of  grace. 
The  kingdom  of  thy  Christ  prepare. 

4  Grant  this,  oh,  holy  God  and  true  ! 

The  ancient  seers  thou  didst  inspire  ! 
To  us  perform  the  promise  due, 

Descend  and  crown  us  now  with  fire  ! 

HYMN  330.     L.  M. 

JESUS  shall  reigo  where'er  the  sun 
Does  his  successive  journeys  run  ; 
His  kingdom  spread  from  shore  to  shore, 
Till  moons  shall  wax  and  wane  no  more. 

2  From  north  to  south  the  princes  meet 
To  pay  their  homage  at  his  feet : 
While  western  empires  own  their  Lord, 
And  savage  trihes  attend  his  word. 

3  To  him  shall  endless  prayer  be  made, 
And  endless  praises  crown  his  head  ; 
His  name  like  sweet  perfume  shall  rise 
With  every  morning  sacrifice. 

4  People  and  realms  of  every  tongue, 
Dwell  on  his  love  with  sweetest  song, 


MISSIONS.  2o3 

And  infant  voices  shall  proclaim 
Their  early  blessings  on  his  name. 

HYMN  331.     8  lines  7s. 

CjEE  how  great  a  flame  aspires, 
k3  Kindled  by  a  spark  of  grace  ! 
Jesus'  love  the  nations  fires, 

Sets  the  kingdoms  on  a  blaze. 
To  bring  fire  on  earth  he  came ; 

Kindled  in  some  hearts  it  is  : 
Oh,  that  all  might  catch  the  flame, 

All  partake  the  glorious  bliss  ! 

2  When  he  first  the  work  begun, 

Small  and  feeble  was  his  day: 
Now  the  word  doth  swiftly  run, 

Xow  it  wins  its  wid'ning  way  : 
More  and  more  it  spreads  and  grows, 

Ever  mighty  to  prevail ; 
Sin's  strongholds  it  now  o'erthrows, 

Shakes  the  trembling  gates  of  hell. 

3  Saw  ye  not  the  cloud  arise, 

Little  as  a  human  hand  ? 
Xow  it  spreads  along  the  skies, 

Hangs  o'er  all  the  thirsty  land  : 
Lo  !  the  promise  of  a  shower 

Drops  already  from  above  : 
But  the  Lord  will  shortly  pour 

All  the  spirit  of  his  love  ! 


254  MISSIONS. 

HYMN  332.     L.  M. 

jtT^IS  now  the  time  of  strife  and  war, 

-L    The  contest  sounds  on  every  side  ; 
Nations  are  bound  to  Satan's  car, 

And  who  shall  meet  him  in  his  pride  ? 

2  Is  there  no  arm  his  power  to  break  ? 

Are  there  no  hearts  that  deeply  feel  ? 
Sons  of  the  kingdom  !  rise,  awake  ! 
Obey  at  length  your  Saviour's  will! 

3  Go,  bear  the  Gospel  banner  forth, 

Its  glittering  web  of  light  unroll. 
To  gleam  sublime  from  south  to  north, 
And  scatter  light  from  pole  to  pole. 

4  Hark  !    'tis  the  trumpet's  warning  cry  ! 

Lo,  o'er  the  earth  the  banners  wave  ! 
The  Lord  of  glory  comes  from  high, 
To  rule,  to  conquer  and  to  save. 

HYMN  333.     7s  &  6s. 

FROM  Greenland's  icy  mountains, 
From  India's  coral  strand  ; 
Where  Afric's  sunny  fountains 
Roll  down  their  golden  sand  ; 
From  many  an  ancient  river, 
From  many  a  palmy  plain, 
They  call  us  to  deliver 

Their  land  from  error's  chain. 


MISSIONS. 


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2  What  though  the  spicy  breezes 

Blow  soft  o'er  Ceylon's  isle? 
Though  every  prospect  pleases, 

And  only  man  is  vile  ? 
In  vain,  with  lavish  kindness, 

The  gifts  of  God  are  strown  ; 
The  heathen,  in  his  blindness, 

Bows  down  to  wood  and  stone. 

3  Shall  we,  whose  souls  are  lighted 

By  wisdom  from  on  high, — 
Shall  we  to  men  benighted 

The  lamp  of  life  deny  I 
Salvation,  oh,  salvation  ! 

The  joyful  sound  proclaim, 
Till  earth's  remotest  nation 

Has  learned  Messiah's  name. 

4  Waft,  waft,  ye  winds,  his  story , 

And  you,  ye  waters,  roll, 
Till,  like  a  sea  of  glory, 

It  spreads  from  pole  to  pole  ; 
Till  o'er  our  ransomed  nature 

The  Lamb  for  sinners  slain, — 
Redeemer,  King,  Creator, — 

Returns  in  bliss  to  reign. 

HYMN  334.     7s  &  6s. 

FROM  o'er  the  Rocky  Mountains, 
Where  prairies  wide  are  spread,— 
Where  streams  from  forest  fountains 
Flow  west  to  ocean's  bed, — 


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MISSIONS. 


See  savage  men  descending 

To  Mississippi's  vale, 
Their  eager  eyes  still  bending 

An  eastern  light  to  hail. 

For  they  have  heard  a  story 

Of  God's  most  holy  Book, 
All  full  of  light  and  glory, 

On  which  their  eyes  may  look  ; 
And  they,  like  eastern  sages, 

Who  journeyed  from  afar, 
Have  travelled  weary  stages, 

To  find  the  Saviour's  star. 

"  Have  you  that  Book  from  heaven?  ' 

These  western  wise  men  say  ; 
"  To  us  shall  it  be  given, 

To  guide  us  in  our  way  ? 
"We're  wanderers,  all  our  nation, 

Deep  lost  in  gloomy  night : 
Oh,  let  us  know  salvation  ! 

Oh,  give  us  heaven-born  light  !  " 

HYMN  335.     7s  &  6s. 

THE  morning  light  is  breaking, 
The  darkness  disappears, 
The  sons  of  earth  are  waking 

To  penitential  tears. 
Each  breeze  that  sweeps  the  ocean 

Brings  tidings  from  afar  ; 
The  nations  are  in  motion, 
To  find  Messiah's  star. 


MISSIONS.  257 

2  Rich  dews  of  grace  come  o'er  us, 

In  many  a  gentle  shower, 
And  brighter  scenes  before  us 

Are  opening  every  hour  ; 
Each  cry,  to  heaven  going, 

Abundant  answers  brings, 
And  heavenly  gales  are  blowing, 

With  peace  upon  their  wings. 

3  See  heathen  nations  bending 

Before  the  God  of  love, 
And  thousand  hearts  ascending 

In  gratitude  above  ; 
While  sinners,  now  confessing, 

The  Gospel  call  obey, 
And  seek  the  Saviour's  blessing, 

A  nation  in  a  day. 

HYMN  336.     C.  M. 

BEHOLD,  the  mountain  of  the  Lord, 
Inf  latter  days,  shall  rise 
Above  the  mountains  and  the  hills, 
And  draw  the  wondering  eyes. 

2  To  this  the  joyful  nations  round, 

All  tribes  and  tongues  shall  flow  ; 
"  Up  to  the  hill  of  God,"  they  say, 
"  And  to  his  courts,  we'll  go.?' 

3  The  beams  that  shine  on  Zion's  hill 

Shall  lighten  every  land  ; 
The  King  who  reigns  in  Zion's  towers 
Shall  all  the  world  command. 


258  MISSIONS. 

HYMN  337.     L.  M. 
4  RM  of  the  Lord,  awake  '   awake  ! 
iX  Put    on   thy  strength — the  nations 

shake  ! 
Now  let  the  world,  adoring,  see 
Triumphs  of  mercy  wrought  by  thee. 

2  Say  to  the  heathen,  from  thy  throne, 
"lam  Jehovah,  God  alone  !" 

Thy  voice  their  idols  shall  confound, 
And  cast  their  altars  to  the  ground. 

3  Let  Zion's  time  of  favor  come  ! 
Oh,  bring  the  tribes  of  Israel  home  ! 
Soon  may  our  wondering  eyes  behold 
Gentiles  and  Jews  in  Jesus'  fold ! 

4  Almighty  God  !  thy  grace  proclaim 
Through  every  clime — of  every  name  ! 
Let  adverse  powers  before  thee  fall, 
And  crown  the  Saviour  Lord  of  all ! 

HYMN  338.     L.  M. 

ARISE  ! — with  joy  survey 
The  glory  of  the  latter  day  : 
Already  is  the  dawn  begun 
Which  marks  at  hand  a  rising  sun  ! 

2  "  Behold  the  way  !"  ye  heralds,  cry  : 
Spare  not — but  lift  your  voices  high  : 
Convey  the  sound  from  pole  to  pole, 
"  Glad  tidings  "  to  the  captive  soul. 


5SI0NS.  ^'3fJ 

3  "  Behold  the  way  to  Zion's  hill, 
Where  I-  I  delights  to  dwell ! 

He  fixes  there  his  lofty  throne. 
And  calls  the  sacred  place  his  own." 

4  The  north  gives  up — the  south  no  i 
Keeps  back  her  consecrated  store  : 
From  east  to  west  the  message  runs, 
And  either  India  yields  her  sons. 

HYMN  339.     CM. 

DAUGHTER  ofZion,  from  the  dust 
Exalt  thy  fallen  head  : 
Again  in  thy  Redeemer  trust : 
He  calls  thee  from  the  dead. 

2  Awake — awake  ! — put  on  thy  strength. 

Thy  beautiful  array ; 
The  day  of  freedom  dawns  at  length, 
The  Lord's  appointed  day. 

3  Rebuild  thy  wails — thy  bounds  enlarge, 

And  send  thy  heralds  forth  : 
Say  to  the  south.  "Give  up  thy  charge, 
And  keep  not  back.  0  north  !  " 

4  They  come  !   they  come  !     Thine  exiled 

ban 
Where'er  they  rest  or  roam. 
Have  heard  thy  voice  in  distant  lands, 
And  hasten  to  their  home. 

5  Thus,  though  the  universe  shall  burn, 

And  God  his  works  destroy. 
With  songs  thy  ransomed  shall  return, 
And  everlasting  joy. 


260 


MISSIONS. 


HYMN  340.     L.  M. 

SHOUT,  for  the  great  Redeemer  reigns? 
Through  distant  lands  his  triumphs 
spread  ; 
Sinners,  now  freed  from  Satan's  chains, 
Own  him  their  Saviour  and  their  head. 

2  Oh,  may  his  conquests  still  increase  ; 

Let  every  foe  his  power  subdue  ! 
While  angels  celebrate  his  praise, 
Saints  shall  his  growing  glories  show. 

3  Loud  hallelujahs  to  the  Lamb, 

From  all  below  and  all  above  ; 
In  lofty  songs  exalt  his  name, 
In  songs  as  lasting  as  his  love. 

HYMN  341.     L.  M. 
A  SSEMBLED  at  thy  great  command, 
IV  Before  thy  face,   dread   King!  we 

stand : 
The  voice  that  marshalled  every  star, 
Has  called  thy  people  from  afar. 

2  We  meet  through  distant  lands  to  spread 
The  truth  for  which  the  martyrs  bled  ; 
Along  the  line — to  either  pole — 

The  thunder  of  thy  praise  to  roll. 

3  Our  prayers  assist — accept  our  praise — 
Our  hopes  revive — our  courage  raise — 
Our  counsels  aid — to  each  impart 

The  single  eye — the  faithful  heart, 


ANTI-SLAVERY. 


•261 


Forth  with  thy  chosen  heralds  come  ; 
Recall  the  wandering  spirits  home  ; 
From  Zion's  mount  send  forth  the  sound. 
To  spread  the  spacious  earth  around. 

HYMN  342.     L.  M. 

TrE  Christian  heralds,  go,  proclaim 
Salvation  in  Immanuel's  name  ; 
To  distant  climes  the  tidings  bear. 
And  plant  the  rose  of  Sharon  there. 
He'll  shield  you  with  a  wall  of  fire — 
With  holy  zeal  your  hearts  inspire  ; 
Bid  raging-  winds  their  fury  cease. 
And  calm  the  savage  breast  to  peace. 
And  when  our  labors  all  are  o'er. 
Then  shall  we  meet  to  part  no  more  : 
Meet — with  the  blood-bought  throng  to 

fail. 
And  crown  our  Jesus — Lord  of  all. 


ANTI-SLAVERY. 

HYMN  343.     L.  M. 

JESUS,  thy  wand'ring  sheep  behold  ! 
See.  Lord,  with  yearning  bowels  see, 
Poor  souls  that  cannot  find  the  fold. 
Till  sought  and  gather' d  in  bv  thee. 


262 


ANTI-SLAVERY. 


2  Lost  are  they  now  and  scatter'd  wide, 

In  pain,  and  weariness,  and  want ; 

With  no  kind  shepherd  near,  to  guide 

The  sick,  and  spiritless,  and  faint. 

3  Thou,  only  thou,  the  kind  and  good, 

And  sheep-redeeming  Shepherd  art ; 
Collect  thy  flock,  and  give  them  food 
And  pastors  after  thine  own  heart. 

4  Give  the  pure  word  of  general  grace. 

And    great   shall   be   the   preacher's 
crowd  ; 
Preachers  who  all  the  sinful  race 
Point  to  the  all-atoning  blood. 

HYMN  344.     L.  M. 
OHEPHERD  of  souls,  with  pitying  eye 
O   The  thousands  of  our  Israel  see  ; 
To  thee  in  their  behalf  we  cry. 

Ourselves  but  newly  found  in  thee. 

2  See  where  o'er  desert  wastes  they  err, 

And  neither  food  nor  feeder  have  ; 
Nor  fold,  nor  place  of  refuge  near  ; 
For  no  man  cares  their  souls  to  save. 

3  "Wild  as  the  untaught  Indian's  brood, 

The  Christian  savages  remain  ; 
Strangers,  yea.  enemies  to  God, 

They  make  thee  spill  thy  blood  in  vain. 


ANTI-SLAVERY. 


•263 


4  Thv  people.  Lord,  are  sold  for  nought, 
Xor  know  they  their  Redeemer  nigh  : 
They  perish  whom  thyself  hast  bought, 

Their  souls  fur  lack  of  knowledge  die. 

HYMN  345.     6  lines  Bs. 

LORD  over  all.  if  thou  hast  made, 
Hast  ransom'd  every  son]  of  man, 
Why  is  the  grace  so  long  delay'dl 

Why  unfuIfiU'd  the  saving  plan  ? 
The  bliss  for  Adam's  race  design'd, 
When  will  it  reach  to  all  mankind  ? 

2  Art  thou  the  God  of  Jews  alone. 

And  not  the  God  of  Gentiles  too  ! 
To  Gentiles  make  thy  goodness  known  : 

Thy  judgments  to  the  nations  show  ; 
Awake  them  by  the  Gospel  call ; 
Light  of  the  world,  illumine  all! 

3  The  servile  progeny  of  Ham, 

Seize  as  the  purchase  of  thy  blood ; 
Let  all  the  heathen  know  thy  name  : 

From  idols  to  the  living  God 
The  dark  Americans  convert. 
And  shine  in  every  Pagan  heart  ! 

4  As  lightning  launch'd  from  east  to  west, 

The  coming  of  thy  kingdom  be  ; 
To  thee,  by  angel  hosts  contest. 

Bow  every  soul  and  every  knee  : 
Thy  glory  let  all  flesh  behold  ! 
And  then  fill  up  thv  heavenly  fold. 


264 


ANTI-SLAVERY. 


HYMN  346.     7s  &  6s. 

HEARD  ye  the  mighty  rushing'? 
As  a  storm-waked  sea  it  came ; 

?Twas  a  nation's  deep  rejoicing 
For  her  proud  and  spotless  name. 

Land  of  my  sleeping  fathers  ! 
O'er  thee  no  chain  is  flung  ; 

Through  all  thy  verdant  valleys 
The  shout  of  joy  is  rung. 

2  Wide  o'er  thy  rolling  rivers, 

Thy  fair  and  sunny  plains, 
And  up  thy  woody  mountains, 

The  soul  of  freedom  reigns. 
Land  of  my  sleeping  fathers  ! 

O'er  thee  no  chain  is  flung-  ? 
Through  all  thy  verdant  valleys 

The  shout  of  joy  is  run. 

3  And  is  there  then  no  shadow 

To  dim  this  hallowed  mirth ! 
And  shall  thy  name,  my  country. 

Be  the  watchword  o'er  the  earth? 
Are  all  the  captives  loosened? 

The  fettered  slave  set  free  ? 
Is  his  crushed  spirit  gladdened 

On  this  gay  jubilee  I 

HYMN  317.     7s. 

DAUGHTERS  of  the  Pilgrim  sires, 
Dwellers  by  their  mould'ring  graves, 
Watchers  of  their  altar  fires, 

Look  upon  your  country's  slaves  ! 


ANTI-SLAVERY. 


265 


2  Look!  'tis  woman's  streaming  eye, 

These  are  woman's  fettered  hands, 
That  to  you,  so  mournfully, 
Lift  sad  glance  and  iron  bands. 

3  Scars  are  on  her  fettered  limbs, 

Where  the  savage  scourge  hath  been  ; 
But  the  grief  her  eye  that  dims, 
Flows  from  deeper  wounds  within. 

4  For  the  children  of  her  love. 

For  the  brothers  of  her  race, 

Sisters,  like  vine  branches  wove, 

In  one  early  dwelling  place — 

5  For  the  parent  forms  that  hung 

Fondly  o'er  her  infant  sleep, 
And  for  him  to  whom  she  clung 
With  affection  true  and  deep — 

6  By  her  sad  forsaken  hearth, 

'Tis  for  these  she  wildly  grieves ! 
Now  all  scattered  o'er  the  earth, 

Like  the  wind-strewn  autumn  leaves  ! 

HYMN  348.     P.  M. 

HARK  !  I  hear  the  voice  of  anguish, 
In  my  own,  my  native  land ; 
Brethren,  doom'd  in  chains  to  languish, 
Lift  to  heaven  the  fetter'd  hand, 

And,  despairing, 
Death,  to  end  their  grief,  demand. 
18 


266 


ANTI-SLAVERY. 


2  Let  us  raise  our  supplication 

For  the  scourg'd  and  suffering  slave, 
All  whose  life  is  desolation, 
All  whose  hope  is  in  the  grave  : 

God  of  mercy, 
From  thy  throne  0  hear  and  save ! 

3  Those  in  bonds  we  would  remember, 

Lord  !  our  hands  with  theirs  are  bound  ; 
With  each  helpless,  suffering  member, 
Let  our  sympathies  be  found, 

Till  our  labors 
Spread  the  smile  of  freedom  round. 

4  Even  now  the  word  is  spoken  ; 

Tyrants'  cruel  power  must  cease ; 
From  the  slave  the  chain  be  broken ; 
Captives  hail  the  kind  release  :  - 

Then  in  splendor 
Christ  shall  reign,  the  Prince  of  peace. 

HYMN  349.     7s  &  6s. 

THINK  of  our  country's  glory, 
All  dimm'd  with  Airic's  tears — 
Her  broad  flag  stain'd  and  gory, 
With  th'  hoarded  guilt  of  years. 

2  Think  of  the  frantic  mother, 
Lamenting  for  her  child, 
Till  falling  lashes  smother 
Her  cries  of  anguish  wild. 


ANTI-SLAVERY. 


267 


Think  of  the  prayers  ascending, 

Yet,  shrieked,  alas  !  in  vain, 
When  heart  from  heart  is  rending, 

Ne'er  to  be  joined  again  ! 
Shall  we  behold,  unheeding, 

Life's  holiest  feelings  crush'd? 
When  woman's  heart  is  bleeding, 

Shall  woman's  voice  be  hush'd  ? 
Oh,  no  !  by  every  blessing, 

That  Heaven  to  thee  may  lend — 
Remember  their  oppression, 

Forget  not,  sister,  friend. 

HYMN  350.     L.  M. 

WHEN  injured  Afric's  captives'  claim 
Loads  the  sad  gale  with  startling 
moan, 
The  frown  of  deep  indignant  blame 
Bend  not  on  Southern  climes  alone. 
!  Her  toil,  and  chain,  and  scalding  tear, 
Our  daily  board  with  luxuries  deck, 
And  to  dark  slavery's  yoke  severe, 
Our  fathers  helped  to  bow  her  neck. 
!  But  if  with  Pilate's  stoic  eye, 

We  calmly  icash  when  blood  is  spilt ; 
Or  deem  a  cold  unpitying  sigh 

Absolves  us  from  the  stain  of  guilt ; 
[  Or  if,  like  Jacob's  recreant  train, 
Who  traffick'd  in  a  brother's  wo, 
We  hear  the  suppliant  plead  in  vain. 
Or  mock  his  tears  that  wildly  flow  ; 


268  SEAMEN. 

5  Will  not  the  judgments  of  the  skies, 
Which  threw  a  shield  round  Joseph 
sold, 
Be  rous'd  by  fetter'd  Afric's  cries, 
And  change  to  dross  th'  oppressor's 
gold! 


SEAMEN. 


HYMN  351.     P.  M. 

WHEN  through  the  torn  sail  the  wild 
tempest  is  streaming, 
When  o'er  the  dark  wave  the  red  light- 
ning is  gleaming, 
Nor  hope  lends  a  ray  the  poor  seamen 

to  cherish, 
We  fly  to  our  Maker — "  Help,  Lord,  or 
we  perish." 

2  Oh,  Jesus,  once  tossed  on  the  breast  of 

the  billow, 
Aroused  by  the  shriek  of  despair  from 

thy  pillow, 
Now  seated  in  glory,  the  mariner  cherish, 
Who  cries  in  his  danger — "  Help,  Lord, 

or  we  perish." 

3  And  oh,  when  the  whirlwind  of  passion 

is  raging, 
When  hell  in  our  heart  his  wild  warfare 
is  waging, 


SEAMEN.  269 

Arise  in  thy  strength  thy  redeemed  to 

cherish, 
Rebuke  the  destroyer — "  Help,  Lord,  or 

we  perish." 

HYMX  35-2.     P.  M. 

THEY  roam  where  danger  dwells ; 
Where  blasts  impetuous  sweep  ; 
"Where  sleep  the  dead  in  watery  cells, 

Beneath  the  faithless  deep  : 
Where  tempests  threaten  loud 

T'  o'erwhelm  the  shipwreck 'd  foim  : 
Show  them  a  sky  that  hath  no  cloud, 
A  port  above  the  storm ! 

2  Beyond  the  Sabbath  bell, 

Beyond  the  house  of  prayer. 
Where  deafening  surges  madly  swell, 

Their  trackless  course  they  dare  : — 
Give  them  the  Book  divine, 

That  full  and  perfect  chart, 
That  beacon  'mid  the  foaming  brine, 

That  pilot  of  the  heart. 

3  Where  guilt  with  aspect  bold, 

And  fierce  temptation  reign, 
Their  wild  and  unwarn'd  course  they  hold, 

Amid  a  heathen  train  : — 
Give  them  the  Gospel's  power, 

Like  pole-star  o'er  the  sea, 
That  when  life's  fleeting  voyage  is  o'er, 

Heaven  may  their  haven  be. 


270  SEAMEN. 

HYMN  353.     6  lines  8s. 

TIS  not  in  yonder  starry  host, 
Oh,  God  of  might !  I  see  thee  most, 
Although  Thy  skill  and  power  divine 
In  sun  and  moon  and  planets  shine  ; 
When  tossed  upon  the  raging  sea, 
I  view  and  feel  the  most  of  Thee. 

2  The  sea-birds  stretch  their  wings  on  high, 
And  shriek  beneath  the  warring  sky  ; 
In  mountain  piles  the  billows  flow, 
And  laboring  ships  toss  to  and  fro, 
And  from  Thy  red,  right  arm  doth  roll 
The  thundering  bolt  from  pole  to  pole. 

3  Oh,  then  I  know  Jehovah's  form. 
Careering  in  the  bellowing  storm  ; 
Oh,  then  I  see  his  wond'rous  way, 
Where  o'er  the  deep  the  lightnings  play  ; 
I  see — I  hear — I  bow  my  soul, 

And  yield  it  to  his  high  control. 

HYMN  354.     C.  M. 

THE  tempest  beat  against  my  bark, 
The  wrathful  winds  were  high  ; 
And   threatening  blasts,  like   couriers, 
brought 
Dark  tidings  from  the  sky  ; 
2  And  hoarsely  o'er  my  sinking  head 
Roll'd  on  the  thundering  sea ; — 
Then,  from  the  regions  of  the  dead, 
0,  Lord  !  I  cried  to  thee  ! 


PEACE.  271 

3  The  faithless  sun  behind  the  cloud 

Withdrew  his  guarding  light ; 
And  ev'ry  star  its  lamp  withheld 
From  that  portentous  night. 

4  They  tied  and  left  me  all  alone, 

In  darkness,  and  in  fear  ; 
And  so  I  told  my  woes  to  God, 
And  He  vouehsaf  d  to  hear. 

5  Yes,  from  the  lowest  depths,  to  Him 

I  rais'd  a  fervent  cry  ; 
Why  should  a  helpless  worm  despair, 
When  such  a  friend  is  nigh  ? 


PEACE. 


HYMN  355.      ft   ^ 

THE  star  was  bright  o'er  Bethlehem's 
plain, 
The  shepherds  watch'd  their  fleecy  train, 
When   sudden    gleam'd    the    sky — the 

tongues 
Of  angel  bands  in  concert  sung. 

"  Peace  and  good  will,"  eternal  song ; 
11  Good  will,"  while  ages  roll  along; 
The  Saviour  comes,  let  nations  hear, — 
Be  hush'd  each  grief,  be  wiped  each  tear. 


272  PEACE. 

3  No  more  shall  war  bear  iron  sway, 
Vengeance  and  wrath  shall  pass  away ; 
Oppression  bend  no  more  its  chain, 
And  gladness  dwell  on  earth  again. 

4  The  harp  that  melted  Eden's  bower, 
Shall  breathe   once  more  its  soothing 

power ; 
And  peace  and  praise,  and  truth  shall  bless 
The  world  with  hope  and  loveliness. 

HYMN  356.     6  lines  8s. 

OUR  earth  we  now  lament  to  see, 
With  floods  of  wickedness  o'erflow'd, 
With  violence,  wrong,  and  cruelty, 
One  wide-extended  field  of  blood, 
Where  men  like  fiends  each  other  tear, 
In  all  the  hellish  rage  of  war. 

2  Oh,  might  the  universal  Friend, 

This  havoc  of  his  creatures  see  ! 
Bid  our  unnatural  discord  end  ; 

Declare  us  reconcil'd  in  thee  : 
Write  kindness  on  our  inward  parts, 
And  chase  the  murderer  from  our  hearts  ! 

3  Who  now  against  each  other  rise, 

The  nations  of  the  earth  constrain 
To  follow  after  peace,  and  prize 

The  blessings  of  thy  righteous  reign, 
The  joys  of  unity  to  prove, 
The  paradise  of  perfect  love. 


PROSPECT    OF    HEAVEN. 


273 


HYMN  357.     L.  M. 

4,T)EACE."  was  the  song  the  angels 

JL  sung, 

When  Jesus  sought  this  vale  of  tears, 
And  sweet  that  heavenly  prelude  rang, 
To  calm  the  watchful  shepherd's  fears  : 
"  War."  is  the  word  that  man  hath  spoke. 
Convulsed  by  passion  dark  and  dread  ; 
And  pride  enforc'd  a  lawless  yoke, 
E'en  while  the  gospel's  banner  spread. 

"  Peace  ''  was  the  prayer  the  Saviour 

breathed, 
When  from  our  world  his  steps  with- 
drew ; — 
The  gift  he  to  his  friends  bequeathed, 
With  Calvary  and  the  cross  in  view  :  — 
Redeemer  !  with  adoring  love, 
Our  spirits  take  thy  rich  bequest, 
The  watchword  of  the  host  above, 
The  passport  to  their  realms  of  xest. 


PROSPECT  OF  HEAVEN. 

HYMN  358.     8  lines  8s. 

ILOXG  to  behold  him  array 'd 
With  glory  and  light  from  above  ; 
The  King  in  "his  beauty  display 'd. 
His  beauty  of  holiest  love  ; 


274 


PROSPECT    OF    HEAVEN. 


I  languish  and  sigh  to  be  there, 
Where  Jesus  hath  fix'd  his  abode  ; 

O  when  shall  we  meet  in  the  air, 
And  fly  to  the  mountain  of  God  ! 

2  With  him  I  on  Sion  shall  stand, 

For  Jesus  hath  spoken  the  word ; 
The  breadth  of  Immanuel's  land 

Survey  by  the  light  of  my  Lord  : 
But  when  on  thy  bosom  reelin'd, 

Thy  face  I  am  strengthen 'd  to  see  ; 
My  fulness  of  rapture  I  find, 

My  heaven  of  heavens,  in  thee. 

3  How  happy  the  people  that  dwell 

Secure  in  the  city  above  ! 
No  pain  the  inhabitants  feel, 

No  sickness  or  sorrow  shall  prove  : 
Physician  of  souls,  unto  me 

Forgiveness  and  holiness  give  ; 
And  then  from  the  body  set  free, 

And  then  to  the  city  receive. 

HYMN  359.     C.  M. 

THERE  is  a  land  of  pure  delight, 
Where  saints  immortal  reign  ; 
Infinite  day  excludes  the  night, 
And  pleasures  banish  pain.  • 

2  There  everlasting  spring  abides, 
And  never-with'ring  flowers : 
Death,  like  a  narrow  sea,  divides 
This  heavenly  land  from  ours. 


PROSPECT    OF    HEAVEN. 


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3  Sweet  fields  beyond  the  swelling  flood, 

Stand  drest  in  living  green  ; 
So  to  the  Jews  old  Canaan  stood, 
While  Jordan  roll'd  between. 

4  Could  we  but  climb  where  Moses  stood, 

And  view  the  landscape  o'er, 
Not  Jordan's  stream   nor   death's  cold 
flood 
Should  fright  us  from  the  shore. 

HYMN  360.     8  lines  8s. 

AWAY  with  our  sorrow  and  fear, 
We  soon  shall  recover  our  home  ; 
The  city  of  saints  shall  appear  ; 

The  day  of  eternity  come. 
From  earth  we  shall  quickly  remove, 

And  mount  to  our  native  abode  ; 
The  house  of  our  Father  above, 
The  palace  of  angels  and  God. 

2  Our  mourning  is  all  at  an  end, 

When,  rais'd  by  the  life-giving  Word, 
We  see  the  new  city  descend, 

Adorn 'd  as  a  bride  for  her  Lord  : 
The  city  so  holy  and  clean, 

No  sorrow  can  breathe  in  the  air ; 
No  gloom  of  affliction  or  sin  ; 

No  shadow  of  evil  is  there  ! 

3  By  faith  we  already  behold 

That  lovely  Jerusalem  here  ; 
Her  walls  are  of  jasper  and  gold, 
As  crystal  her  buildings  are  clear : 


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PROSPECT    OF    HEAVEN. 


Immovably  founded  in  grace, 

She  stands,  as  she  ever  hath  stood, 

And  brightly  her  Builder  displays, 
And  names  with  the  glory  of  God. 

4  No  need  of  the  sun  in  that  day, 

Which  never  is  follow'd  by  night, 
Where  Jesus'  beauties  display 

A  pure  and  a  permanent  light : 
The  Lamb  is  their  light  and  their  sun, 

And  lo  !  by  reflection  they  shine  ; 
With  Jesus  ineffably  one, 

And  bright  in  effulgence  divine  ! 

5  The  saints  in  his  presence  receive 

Their  great  and  eternal  reward  ; 
In  Jesus,  in  heaven  they  live ; 

They  reign  in  the  smile  of  their  Lord  ! 
The  flame  of  angelical  love 

Is  kindled  at  Jesus'  face  ; 
And  all  the  enjoyment  above 

Consists  in  the  rapturous  gaze  ! 

HYMN  361.     S.  M. 

WE  know,  by  faith  we  know, 
If  this  vile  house  of  clay, 
This  tabernacle,  sink  below 
In  ruinous  decay, 
We  have  a  house  above, 
Not  made  with  mortal  hands  ; 
And  firm  as  our  Redeemer's  love, 
That  heavenly  fabric  stands. 


PROSPECT    OF    HEAVEN. 

2  It  stands  securely  high, 
Indissolubly  sure  ; 

Our  glorious  mansion  in  the  sky 

Shall  evermore  endure  : 

O  were  we  enter'd  there  ! 

To  perfect  heaven  restor'd  ! 
O  were  we  all  caught  up  to  share 

The  triumph  of  our  Lord  ! 

3  For  this  in  faith  we  call ; 
For  this  we  weep  and  pray  : 

O  might  the  tabernacle  fall ! 

0  might  we  'scape  away  ! 

Full  of  immortal  hope. 

We  urge  the  restless  strife  ; 
And  hasten  to  be  swallow'd  up 

Of  everlasting  life. 

HYMN  360.     8  lines  8s. 

THE  Church,  in  her  militant  state, 
Is  weary,  and  cannot  forbear! 
The  saints  in  an  agony  wait. 

To  see  Him  again  in  the  air ! 
The  Spirit  invites  in  the  Bride. 

Her  heavenly  Lord,  to  descend  ; 
And  place  her,  enthron'd  at  his  side. 
In  glory  that  never  shall  end. 

2  The  news  of  his  coming  I  hear, 
And  join  in  the  catholic  cry  : 
0  Jesus,  in  triumph  appear ; 

Appear  in  the  clouds  of  the  sky  ! 


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PROSPECT    OF    HEAVEN. 


Whom  only  I  languish  to  love, 
In  fulness  of  majesty  come  ; 

And  give  me  a  mansion  above, 
And  take  to  my  heavenly  home ! 

HYMN  363.     8  lines  7s. 
1THO  are  these  array 'd  in  white, 


w 


Brighter  than  the  noon-day  sun? 
Foremost  of  the  sons  of  light ; 

Nearest  the  eternal  throne  ? 
These  are  they  that  bore  the  cross, 

Nobly  for  their  Master  stood  ; 
Sufferers  in  his  righteous  cause  ; 

Followers  of  the  dying  God. 

Out  of  great  distress  they  came  ; 

Wash'd  their  robes,  by  faith,  below 
In  the  blood  of  yonder  Lamb — 

Blood  that  washes  white  as  snow ; 
Therefore  are  they  next  the  throne, 

Serve  their  Maker  day  and  night : 
God  resides  among  his  own, 

God  doth  in  his  saints  delight. 

More  than  conquerors  at  last, 

Here  they  find  their  trials  o'er  ; 
They  have  all  their  sufferings  past, 

Hunger  now  and  thirst  no  more  : 
No  excessive  heat  they  feel 

From  the  sun's  directer  ray  ; 
In  a  milder  clime  they  dwell, 

Region  of  eternal  day. 


PROSPECT    OF    HEAVEN. 


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HYMN  364.     C.  ML 

OX  Jordan's  stormy  banks  I  stand. 
And  cast  a  wishful  eye. 
To  Canaan's  fair  and  happy  land, 
Where  my  possessions  lie. 

2  0  the  transporting,  rapt'rous  scene, 

That  rises  to  my  sight ! 
Sweet  fields  array 'd  in  living  green, 
And  rivers  of  delight ! 

3  There  gen'rous  fruits  that  never  fail, 

On  trees  immortal  grow  : 
There  rocks,  and  hills,  and  brooks,  and 
vale. 
With  milk  and  honey  flow. 

4  All  o'er  those  wide  extended  plains, 

Shines  one  eternal  day  ; 
There  God  the  Son  for  ever  reigns, 
And  scatters  night  away. 

5  No  chilling  winds  nor  pois'nous  breath, 

Can  reach  that  healthful  shore  ; 
Sickness  and  sorrow,  pain  and  death, 
Are  felt  and  fear'd  no  more. 

6  When  shall  I  reach  that  happy  place, 

And  be  for  ever  blest ! 
When  shall  I  see  my  Father's  face, 
And  in  his  bosom  rest ! 


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PROSPECT    OF    HEAVEN. 


7  Fill'd  with  delight,  my  rapturd  soul 

Would  here  no  longer  stay  ! 
Though  Jordan's  waves  around  me  roll, 
Fearless  I'd  launch  awTay. 

8  There  on  those  high  and  flowery  plains, 

Our  spirits  ne'er  shall  tire  ; 
But  in  perpetual  joyful  strains, 
Redeeming  love  admire. 

HYMN  365.     C.  M. 

COURAGE,  my  soul,  thy  bitter  cross, 
In  every  trial  here, 
Shall  bear  thee  to  thy  heaven  above, 

But  shall  not  enter  there. 
The  sighing  ones  that  humbly  seek 

In  sorrowing  paths  below, 
Shall  in  eternity  rejoice, 

Where  endless  comforts  flow. 

2  Soon  will  the  toilsome  strife  be  o'er, 

Of  sublunary  care, 
And  life's  dull  vanities  no  more 

This  anxious  breast  ensnare. 
Courage,  my  soul,  on  God  rely, 

Deliv  'ranee  soon  will  come  ; 
A  thousand  ways  has  Providence 

To  bring  believers  home. 

3  Ere  first  I  drew  this  vital  breath, 

From  nature's  prison  free, 
Crosses  in  number,  measure,  weight, 
Were  written.  Lord,  for  me  : 


PROSrECT    OF    HEAVEN. 


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But  thou,  my  shepherd,  friend,  and  guide, 

Hast  led  me  kindly  on, 
Taught  me  to  rest  my  fainting  head 

On  Christ,  the  corner  stone. 

HYMN  366.     4  8s  &  2  6s. 

HOW  happy  is  the  pilgrim's  lot : 
How  free  from  every  anxious  thought, 
From  worldly  hope  and  fear  ! 
Confm'd  to  neither  court  nor  cell, 
His  soul  disdains  on  earth  to  dwell, 
He  only  sojourns  here. 

This  happiness  in  part  is  mine, 
Already  sav'd  from  low  design, 

From  every  creature  love  ! 
Bless'd  with  the  scorn  of  finite  good, 
My  soul  is  lighten'd  of  its  load, 

And  seeks  the  things  above. 

Nothing  on  earth  I  call  my  own  ; 
A  stransrer  to  the  world  unknown, 

I  all  their  goods  despise  ; 
I  trample  on  their  whole  delight, 
And  seek  a  city  out  of  sight, 

A  city  in  the  skies. 
There  is  my  house  and  portion  fair ; 
My  treasure  and  my  heart  are  there, 

And  my  abiding  home  ; 
For  me  my  elder  brethren  stay, 
And  angels  beckon* d  me  away, 

And  Jesus  bids  rne  come  ! 
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MINISTERS    IN    SICKNESS 


I  come,  thy  servant,  Lord,  replies ; 
I  come  to  meet  thee  in  the  skies, 

And  claim  my  heavenly  rest ! 
Now  let  the  pilgrim's  journey  end ; 
Now,  oh,  my  Saviour,  Brother,  Friend, 

Receive  me  to  thy  breast ! 


MINISTERS  IN  SICKNESS  AND 
DEATH. 

HYMN  367.     L.  M. 

OTHOU,  before  whose  gracious  throne 
We  bow  our  suppliant  spirit  down  : 
View  the  sad  breast,  the  streaming  eye, 
And  let  our  sorrows  pierce  the  sky. 

2  Thou  know'st  the  anxious  cares  we  feel, 
And  all  our  trembling  lips  would  tell ; 
Thou  only  canst  assuage  our  grief, 
And  yield  our  wo-fraught  heart  relief. 

3  With  power  benign,  thy  servant  spare, 
Nor  turn  aside  thy  people's  prayer ; 
Avert  thy  swift  descending  stroke, 
Nor  smite  the  shepherd  of  the  flock. 

4  Restore  him,  sinking  to  the  grave  ; 
Stretch  out  thine  arm,  make  haste  to  save; 
Back  to  our  hopes  and  wishes  give, 
And  bid  our  friend  and  father  live. 


AN"D    DEATH. 


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5  Bound  to  each  soul  by  tenderest  ties, 
In  every  breast  his  image  lies  ; 
Thy  pitying-  aid.  oh,  God  impart, 

Nor  rend  him  from  each  bleeding  heart. 

6  Yet  if  our  supplications  fail, 

And  prayers  and  tears  can  nought  prevail; 
Be  thou  his  strength,  be  thou  his  stay, 
And  guide  him  safe  to  endless  day. 

HYMN  363.     CM. 

TVTOW  let  our  mourning  hearts  revive, 
■1*    And  all  our  tears  be  dry  ; 
Why  should  those  eyes  be  drown'd  in 
grief, 
Which  view  a  Saviour  nigh  ? 

2  What  tho?  the  arm  of  conquering  death 

Does  God's  own  house  invade  ? 

What  tho'  the  prophet  and  the  priest 

Be  number d  with  the  dead? — 

3  Tho'  earthly  shepherds  dwell  in  dust, 

The  aged  and  the  young — 
The  watchful  eye  in  darkness  clos'd, 
And  mute  the  instructive  tongue  ; — 

4  Th*  eternal  Shepherd  still  survives, 

New  comfort  to  impart  ; 
His  eyes  still  guide  us.  and  his  voice 
Still  animates  our  heart. 


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MINISTERS    IN    SICKNESS,  ETC. 


5  "  Lo,  I  am  with  you,"  saith  the  Lord, 

;'  My  church  shall  safe  abide  ; 

For  I  will  ne'er  forsake  my  own, 

Whose  souls  in  me  confide.'' 

6  Thro'  every  scene  of  life  and  death, 

This  promise  is  our  trust ; 
And  this  shall  be  our  children's  song, 
When  we  are  cold  in  dust. 

HYMN  369.     C.  M. 

HIS  master  taken  from  his  head, 
Elisha  saw  him  go  ; 
And  in  desponding  accents  said. 
"Ah!  what  must  Israel  do?  " 

2  But  he  forgot  the  Lord,  who  lifts 

The  beggar  to  the  throne, 
Nor  knew  that  all  Elijah's  gifts, 
Would  soon  be  made  his  own. 

3  What — when  a  Paul  has  run  his  course, 

Or  when  Apollos  dies — 
Is  Israel  left  without  iesource  ? 
And  have  we  no  supplies  ? 

4  Yes,  while  the  dear  Redeemer  lives, 

We  have  a  boundless  store  ; 
And  shall  be  fed  with  what  he  gives, 
Who  lives  for  evermore. 


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DEATH. 


HYMN  370.     CM. 

BEFORE  the  hills  in  order  stood, 
Or  earth  receiv'd  her  frame. 
From  everlasting  thou  art  God, 

To  endless  years  the  same. 
A  thousand  ages  in  thy  sight, 

Are  like  an  evening  gone  : 
Short  as  the  watch  that  ends  the  night, 

Before  the  rising  sun. 
The  busy  tribes  of  flesh  and  blood, 

With  all  their  cares  and  fears, 
Are  carried  downward  by  the  flood. 

And  lost  in  following  years. 
Time,  like  an  ever-rolling  stream, 

Bears  all  its  sons  away  ; 
They  fly,  forgotten,  as  a  dream 

Dies  at  the  op  ning  day. 
0  God  !   our  help  in  ages  past, 

Our  hope  for  years  to  come  ; 
Be  thou  our  guide  while  life  shall  last, 

And  our  perpetual  home  ! 

HYMN   371.     CM. 

THE  year  rolls  round,  and  steals  away 
The  breath  that  first  it  gave  : 
Whate'er  we  do,  whate'er  we  be. 
We're  travelling  to  the  grave. 


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DEATH. 


2  Dangers   stand  thick   through   all    the 

ground, 
To  push  us  to  the  tomb ; 
And  fierce  diseases  wait  around, 
To  hurry  mortals  home. 

3  Great  God  !  on  what  a  slender  thread 

Hang  everlasting  things  ! 
Th'  eternal  states  of  all  the  dead 
Upon  life's  feeble  strings. 

4  Infinite  joy,  or  endless  wo, 

Attends  on  every  breath  ; 
And  yet  how  unconcern 'd  we  go 
Upon  the  brink  of  death  ! 

5  Waken,  0  Lord,  our  drowsy  sense, 

To  walk  this  dangerous  road  ; 

And  if  our  souls  are  hurried  hence, 

May  they  be  found  with  God  ! 

HYMN  372      4  8s  &  2  6s. 

AND  am  I  only  born  to  die  ? 
And  must  I  suddenly  comply 
With  nature's  stern  decree  I 
What  after  death  for  me  remains  ? 
Celestial  joys,  or  hellish  pains, 
To  all  eternity  ! 
2  How  then  ought  I  on  earth  to  live, 
While  God  prolongs  the  kind  reprieve, 

And  props  the  house  of  clay  : 
My  sole  concern,  my  single  care, 
To  watch,  and  tremble,  and  prepare 
Against  that  fatal  day  ! 


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DEATH, 

3  No  room  for  mirth  or  trifling  here, 
For  worldly  hope  or  worldly  fear, 

If  life  so  soon  is  gone  ; 
If  now  the  Judge  is  at  the  door, 
And  all  mankind  must  stand  before 

Th'  inexorable  throne  ! 

4  Nothing  is  worth  a  thought  beneath, 
But  how  I  may  escape  the  death 

That  never,  never  dies  ! 
How  make  mine  own  election  sure  ; 
And  when  I  fail  on  earth,  secure 

A  mansion  in  the  skies. 

5  Jesus,  vouchsafe  a  pitying  ray  ; 

Be  thou  my  Guide,  be  thou  my  Way 

To  glorious  happiness ! 
Ah !   write  the  pardon  on  my  heart ! 
And  whensoever  I  hence  depart, 

Let  me  depart  in  peace  ! 

HYMN  3T3.     C.  M. 

AND  let  this  feeble  body  fail, 
And  let  it  faint  or  die  ; 
My  soul  shall  quit  the  mournful  vale, 

And  soar  to  worlds  on  high  : 
Shall  join  the  disembodied  saints, 

And  find  its  long  sought  rest : 
That  only  bliss  for  which  it  pants. 
In  the  "Redeemer's  breast. 


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0  what  hath  Jesus  bought  for  me  ! 
Before  my  ravish' d  eyes, 

Rivers  of  life  divine  T  see, 
And  trees  of  Paradise  ! 

1  see  a  world  of  spirits  bright, 

Who  taste  the  pleasures  there  ! 

They  all  are  rob'd  in  spotless  white, 

And  conqu'ring  palms  they  bear. 

0  what  are  all  my  suff 'rings  here, 

If,  Lord,  thou  count  me  meet 
With  that  enraptured  host  t'  appear, 

And  worship  at  thy  feet ! 
Give  joy  or  grief,  give  ease  or  pain, 

Take  life  or  friends  away  ; 
But  let  me  find  them  all  again 

In  that  eternal  dav. 


HYMN  374.     CM. 

HARK !    from    the    tombs    a    doleful 
sound , 
My  ears  attend  the  cry  : 
"  Ye  living  men,  come  view  the  ground 
Where  you  must  shortly  lie. 

"  Princes,  this  clay  must  be  your  bed, 

In  spite  of  all  your  towers  ; 
The  tall,  the  wise,  the  reverend  head. 

Shall  lie  as  low  as  ours." 


DEATH.  289 

Great  God  !   is  this  our  certain  doom  ! 

And  are  we  still  secure  ! 
Still  walking  downward  to  the  tomb, 

And  yet  prepar'd  no  more  ! 

Grant  us  the  power  of  quick  ning  grace. 

To  fit  our  souls  to  fly  ; 
Then,  when  we  drop  this  dying  flesh. 

We'll  rise  above  the  sky. 

HYMN  375.     S.  M. 
\  NT)  must  this  body  die. 
-1.  This  well-wrought  frame  decay  ? 
And  must  these  active  limbs  of  mine 
Lie  mould'ring  m  the  clay  ! 

2  Corruption,  earth,  and  worms. 
Shall  but  refine  this  flesh. 

Till  my  triumphant  spirit  comes 
To  put  it  on  afresh. 

3  God  my  Redeemer  lives. 
And  ever  from  the  skies 

Looks  down  and  watches  all  my  dust, 
Till  he  shall  bid  it  rise. 

4  Array 'd  in  glorious  grace 
Shall  these  vile  bodies  shine  ; 

And  every  shape,  and  every  face. 
Be  heavenly  and  divine. 

5  These  lively  hopes  we  owe. 
Lord,  to  thy  dying  love  : 

0  may  we  bless  thy  grace  below. 
And  sin?  thv  grace  above  ! 


290  DEATH. 

6  Saviour,  accept  the  praise 
Of  these  our  humble  songs, 
Till  tunes  of  nobler  sounds  we  raise 
With  our  immortal  tongues. 

HYMN  3T6.     8s  &  7s. 

HAPPY  soul,  thy  days  are  ended, 
All  thy  mourning  days  below  ; 
Go,  by  angel  guards  attended, 

To  the  sight  of  Jesus  go. 
Waiting  to  receive  thy  spirit, 

Lo  !  the  Saviour  stands  above  ; 

Shows  the  purchase  of  his  merit, 

Reaches  out  the  crown  of  love. 

2  Struggle  through  thy  latest  passion, 

To  thy  great  Redeemer's  breast ; 
To  his  uttermost  salvation, 

To  his  everlasting  rest : 
For  the  joy  he  sets  before  thee, 

Bear  a  momentary  pain  ; 
Die  to  live  a  life  of  glory  ; 

Suffer,  with  thy  Lord  to  reign. 

HYMN  377.     8  lines  8s. 

AH,  lovely  appearance  of  death  ! 
What  sight  upon  earth  is  so  fair  ? 
Not  all  the  gay  pageants  that  breathe, 

Can  with  a  dead  body  compare  : 
With  solemn  delight  I  survey 

The  corpse,  when  the  spirit  is  fled  ; 
In  love  with  the  beautiful  clay, 
And  longing  to  lie  in  its  stead. 


DEATH.  291 

This  languishing  head  is  at  rest, 

Its  thinking  and  aching-  are  o'er  ; 
This  quiet  immovable  breast. 

Is  heav'd  by  affliction  no  more  : 
This  heart  is  no  longer  the  seat 

Of  trouble  and  torturing  pain  ; 
It  ceases  to  flutter  and  beat. 

It  never  shall  flutter  again. 

To  mourn  and  to  suffer  is  mine, 

While  bound  in  a  prison  I  breathe, 
And  still  for  del iv" ranee  pine. 

And  press  to  the  issues  of  death  : 
What  now  with  my  tears  I  bedew, 

0  might  I  this  moment  become  ! 
My  spirit  created  anew. 

My  flesh  be  consign "d  to  the  tomb. 

HYMN  378.     C.  M. 
T^'HY  do  we  mourn  for  dying  friends, 

y  V    Or  shake  at  death's  alarms  ? 
'Tis  but  the  voice  that  Jesus  sends, 

To  call  them  to  his  arms. 
Why  should  we  tremble  to  convey 

Their  bodies  to  the  tomb  ? 
There  once  the  flesh  of  Jesus  lay, 

And  left  a  long  perfume. 

The  graves  of  all  his  saints  he  blest, 

And  soften' d  every  bed  : 
Where  should  the  dying  members  rest, 

But  with  their  dying  Head  I 


292  DEATH* 

4  Thence  he  arose,  ascending  high, 
And  show'd  our  feet  the  way  : 
Up  to  the  Lord  our  flesh  shall  fly, 
At  the  great  rising  day. 

HYMN  379.     L.  M. 
SHRINKING  from  the  cold  hand  of 
U         death, 

I  soon  shall  gather  up  my  feet ; 
Shall  soon  resign  this  fleeting  breath, 

And  die, — my  father's  God  to  meet. 

2  Number* d  among  thy  people,  I 

Expect  with  joy  thy  face  to  see  : — 
Because  thou  didst  for  sinners  die, 
Jesus,  in  death  remember  me  ! 

3  Oh,  that  without  a  ling'ring  groan, 

I  may  the  welcome  word  receive  ! 
My  body  with  my  charge  lay  down, 
And  cease  at  once  to  work  and  live  ! 

4  Walk  with  me  thro'  the  dreadful  shade, 

And  certified  that  thou  art  mine, 
My  spirit,  calm,  and  undismay'd, 
I  shall  into  thy  hands  resign. 

HYMN  380.     L.  M. 

PASS  a  few  swiftly  fleeting  years, 
And  all  that  now  in  bodies  live, 
Shall  quit,  like  me,  the  vale  of  tears, 
Their  righteous  sentence  to  receive. 


DEATH.  293 

But  all,  before  they  hence  remove, 

mansions  for  themselves  prepare, 
In  that  eternal  house  above  : 

And,  0  my  God,  shall  I  be  there  l 


T 


HYMN  381.     L.  M. 
HE    morning   flowers    display    their 

swe     5, 

A.8  gay  their  silken  leaves  unfold, 
As  careless  of  the  noontide  heats. 
And  fearless  of  the  evening  cold. 

2  So  blooms  the  human  face  divine. 

ith  its  pride  of  beauty  shows  ; 
Fairer  than  spring  the  colors  shine, 
And  sweeter  than  the  virgin  rose. 

3  Or  worn  by  slowly-rolling  years. 

Or  broke  by  sickness  in  a  day, 
The  fading  glory  disappe 

The  short-liv'd  beauties  die  away. 

4  Yet  these,  new  rising  from  the  tomb, 

With  lustre  brighter  far  shall  shine, 
Revive  with  ever-daring  bloom, 

Safe  from  diseases  and  decline. 

HYMN  382.     CM. 
TTAIN  man.  thy  fond  pursuits  forbear  ; 
V     Repent,  thy  end  is  nigh  : 
Death  at  the  farthest  can't  be  far  : 
re  thou  die. 


294  DEATH. 

2  Reflect ;  thou  hast  a  soul  to  save  ; 

Thy  sins,  how  high  they  mount ! 
What  are  thy  hopes  beyond  the  grave  ? 
How  stands  that  dark  account  ? 

3  Death  enters,  and  there's  no  defence  ; 

His  time  there's  none  to  tell  ; 
He'll  in  a  moment  call  thee  hence, 
To  heaven,  or  down  to  hell. 

4  Thy  flesh,  perhaps  thy  greatest  care, 

Shall  crawling  worms  consume  : 
But  ah  !  destruction  stops  not  there  ; 
Sin  kills  beyond  the  tomb. 

HYMN  383.     C.  M. 

THY  life  I  read,  my  gracious  Lord, 
With  transport  all  divine  ; 
Thine  image  trace  in  every  word, 
Thy  love  in  every  line. 

2  Methinks  I  see  a  thousand  charms 

Spread  o'er  thy  lovely  face, 

While  infants  in  thy  tender  arms 

Receive  the  smiling  grace. 

3  "I  take  these  little  lambs,"  said  he. 

"  And  lay  them  in  my  breast  ; 
Protection  they  shall  find  in  me, 
In  me  be  ever  blest. 

4  "  Death  may  the  bands  of  life  unloose, 

But  can't  dissolve  my  love  : 
Millions  of  infant  souls  compose 
The  family  above." 


SECOND    ADVENT. 


295 


HYMN  384.     8  lines  8s. 

GIVE  glory  to  Jesus  our  Head, 
With  all  that  encompass  his  throne  ; 
A  widow,  a  widow  indeed, 

A  mother  in  Israel  is  gone  ; 
The  winter  of  trouhle  is  past ; 

The  storms  of  affliction  are  o?er  ; 
Her  struggle  is  ended  at  last, 

And  sorrow  and  death  are  no  more. 

The  soul  has  o'ertaken  her  mate, 

And  caught  him  again  in  the  sky  : 
Advanc'd  to  her  holy  estate, 

And  pleasure  that  never  shall  die  : 
Where  glorified  spirits,  by  sight, 

Converse  in  their  happy  abode  ; 
As  stars  in  the  firmament  bright, 

And  pure  as  the  angels  of  God. 


SECOND  ADVENT. 

HYMN  385.     P.  M. 

LO  !  He  comes,  with  clouds  descending, 
Once  for  favor  d  sinners  slain  ! 
Thousand  thousand  saints  attending, 
Swell  the  triumph  of  his  tram  ! 
Hallelujah  ! 
God  appears  on  earth  to  reign. 


296 


SECOND    ADVENT. 


2  Every  eye  shall  now  behold  him 

Rob'd  in  dreadful  majesty  ; 
Those  who  set  at  nought  and  sold  him, 

Pierc'd  and  nail'd  him  to  the  tree, 
Deeply  wailing-, 
Shall  the  true  Messiah  see. 

3  The  dear  tokens  of  his  passion, 

Still  his  dazzling-  body  bears  ; 
Cause  of  endless  exultation 

To  his  ransom' d  worshippers  ; 
With  what  rapture 
Gaze  we  on  these  glorious  scars ! 

4  Yea,  Amen !  let  all  adore  thee, 

High  on  thy  eternal  throne ! 
Saviour,  take  the  power  and  glory, 

Claim  the  kingdom  for  thine  own  ! 
Jah  !  Jehovah ! 
Everlasting  God,  come  down  ! 

HYMN  386.     L.  M. 

THE  Lord  will  come,  but  not  the  same 
As  once  in  lowly  form  he  came, 
A  silent  lamb  to  slaughter  led, 
The  bruised,  the  suffering,  and  the  dead. 

2  The  Lord  will  come,  a  dreadful  form, 
With  wreath  of  flame,  and  robe  of  storm, 
On  cherub  wings,  and  wings  of  wind, 
Anointed  Jud^e  of  human-kind.- 


SECOND    ADVENT. 


•297 


3  Can  this  be  He  who  wont  to  stray 
A  pilgrim  on  the  world's  highway ; 

By  power  oppr ess "d  and  mock *d  by  pride? 
Oh,  God,  is  this  the  crucified? 

4  Go,  tyrants,  to  the  rocks  complain. 
Go.  seek  the  mountain's  cleft  in  vain  ; 
But  faith,  victorious  o'er  the  tomb, 
Shall  sing  for  joy.  The  Lord  is  come. 

HYMN  3ST.     Ts. 

IN  the  sun  and  moon  and  stars 
Signs  and  wonders  there  shall  be  ; 
Earth  shall  quake  with  inward  woes, 
Nations  with  perplexity. 

2  Soon  shall  ocean's  hoary  deep. 

Tost  with  stronger  tempests,  rise  ; 
Darker  storms  the  mountain  sweep, 
Redder  lightning  rend  the  skies. 

3  Evil  thoughts  shall  shake  the  proud, 

Racking  doubt  and  restless  fear  ; 
And  amid  the  thunder-cloud 
Shall  the  Judge  of  men  appear. 

4  But  though  from  before  his  face 

Heaven  shall  fade  and  earth  shall  fly, 
Fear  not  ye,  his  chosen  race, 
Your  redemption  draweth  nigh. 
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298  GENERAL    JUDGMENT. 

GENERAL  JUDGMENT. 

HYMN  388.     S.  M. 

THOU  Judge  of  quick  and  dead, 
Before  whose  bar  severe, 
With  holy  joy  or  guilty  dread, 
We  all  shall  soon  appear, 
Our  caution'd  souls  prepare 
For  that  tremendous  day  ; 
And  fill  us  now  with  watchful  care, 
And  stir  us  up  to  pray. 

2  To  damp  our  earthly  joys, 
T'  increase  our  gracious  fears, 

For  ever  let  th'  archangel's  voice 
Be  sounding  in  our  ears  ; 
The  solemn  midnight  cry, 
"  Ye  dead,  the  Judge  is  come  ! 

Arise,  and  meet  him  in  the  sky, 
And  meet  your  instant  doom  !" 

HYMN  389.     P.  M. 

THOU  God  of  glorious  majesty, 
To  thee,  against  myself,  to  thee, 
A  worm  of  earth  I  cry  ! 
A  half  awaken'd  child  of  man, 
An  heir  of  endless  bliss  or  pain, 
A  sinner  born  to  die  ! 


GENERAL    JUD6M1 


•299 


2  Lo  !   on  a  narrow  neck  of  land, 
'Twixt  two  unbounded  seas,  1  stand, 

Secure,  insensible  ; 
A  point  of  time,  a  moment's  space. 
Removes  me  to  that  heavenly  place, 

Or  shuts  me  up  in  hell. 

3  0  God.  mine  inmost  soul  convert. 
And  deeply  on  my  thoughtful  heart 

Eternal  things  impress  : 
Give  me  to  feel  their  solemn  weight. 
And  tremble  on  the  brink  of  fal    . 

And  wake  to  righteousness  ! 

4  Before  me  place  in  dread  array 
.The  pomp  of  that  tremendous  day. 

When  thou  with  clouds  shah  come. 
To  judge  the  nations  at  thy  bar  ; 
And  tell  me.  Lord,  shall  I  be  there. 

To  meet  a  joyful  doom  ! 

HYMN  300.     CM. 

THAT  awful  day  will  surely  come, 
Th'  appointed  hour  makes  haste. 
When  I  must  stand  before  my  Judge, 
And  pass  the  solemn  test. 

2  Jesus,  thou  source  of  all  my  joys. 
Thou  ruler  of  my  heart. 
How  could  I  bear  to  hear  thy  voice 
Pronounce  the  sound,  "  Depart '." 


300 


GENERAL    JUDGMENT. 


3  The  thunder  of  that  awful  word 

Would  so  torment  my  ear, 
'T would  tear  my  soul  asunder,  Lord? 
With  most  tormenting  fear. 

4  What,  to  be  hanislrd  from  my  Lord, 

And  yet  forbid  to  die  ! 
To  linger  in  eternal  pain, 
And  death  for  ever  fly  ! 

5  0  wretched  state  of  deep  despair, 

To  see  my  God  remove, 
And  fix  my  doleful  station  where 
I  must  not  taste  his  love  ! 


HYMN  391.     S.  M. 

BEHOLD  !  with  awful  pomp, 
The  Judge  prepares  to  come, 
Th'  archangel  sounds  the  dreadful  trump, 
And  wakes  the  general  doom. 

2  Nature  in  wild  amaze, 
Her  dissolution  mourns ; 

Blushes  of  blood  the  moon  deface  ; 
The  sun  to  darkness  turns. 

3  'Tis  time  we  all  awake  ; 
The  dreadful  day  draws  near  . 

Sinners,  your  proud  presumption  check. 
And  stop  your  wild  career. 


GENERAL    Ji'DGME.NT. 


301 


4  Great  God,  in  whom  we  live. 

Prepare  us  for  that  day  : 
Help  us  in  Jesus  to  believe, 

To  watch,  and  wait,  and  pray. 

HYMX  392.     L.  M. 

HE  comes  !   He  comes  !  the  Judge  se- 
vere ! 
The  seventh  trumpet  speaks  him  near  ; 
The  lightnings  flash,  his  thunders  roll; 
How  welcome  to  the  faithful  soul ! 

2  From  heaven  angelic  voices  sound  ; 
See  the  almighty  Jesus  erown'd ! 
Girt  with  omnipotence  and  grace. 
And  glory  decks  the  Saviour's  face. 

3  Descending  on  his  azure  throne. 

He  claims  the  kingdoms  for  his  own  : 
The  kingdoms  all  obey  his  word, 
And  hail  him  their  triumphant  Lord  ! 

4  Shout,  all  the  people  of  the  sky. 
And  all  the  saints  of  the  Most  High  ; 
Our  Lord,  who  now  his  right  obtains, 
For  ever  and  for  ever  reigns. 

HYMX  393.     C.  M. 

OWHO  then  shall  live  and  face  the 
throne, 
And  face  the  Judge  severe  ? 
When  heaven  and  earth  are  fled  and  gone, 
Oh.  where  shall  I  appear  ! 


302 


GENERAL    JUDGMENT. 


2  Now,  only  now,  against  that  hour, 

We  may  a  place  provide  ; 
Beyond  the  grave,  beyond  the  power 
Of  hell,  our  spirits  hide  : 

3  Firm  in  the  all-destroying  shock. 

May  view  the  final  scene  ; 
For,  lo  !  the  everlasting  Rock 
Is  cleft  to  take  us  in  t 


■ 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS.  303 

ADDITIONAL  HYMNS. 


HYMN  39-4.     L.  M. 
Reconciliation  to   Christ. 

GOD,  the  offended  God  Most  High, 
Ambassadors  to  rebels  sends  ; 
His  messengers  his  place  supply, 
And  Jesus  begs  us  to  be  friends. 

2  Us,  in  the  stead  of  Christ,  they  pray  ; 

Us,  in  the  stead  of  God,  entreat 
To  cast  our  arms,  our  sins  away, 
And  find  forgiveness  at  his  feet. 

3  Oar  God  in  Christ !  thiite  embassy 

And  proffer'd  mercy  we  embrace  ; 
And,  gladly  reconciled  to  thee, 
Thy  condescending  mercy  praise. 

4  Poor  debtors,  by  our  Lord's  request 

A  full  acquittance  we  receive ! 
And  criminals,  with  pardon  blest, 
We,  at  our  Judge's  instance,  live  ! 

HYMN  395.     L.  M. 
Primitive  Christianity. 

HAPPY  the  souls  that  first  believed, 
To  Jesus  and  each  other  cleaved  ; 
Join'd  by  the  unction  from  above, 
In  mystic  fellowship  of  love. 


304  ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 

2  Meek,  simple  followers  of  the  Lamb, 
They  lived,  and  spake,  and  thought  the 

same ; 
They  joyfully  conspired  to  raise 
Their  ceaseless  sacrifice  of  praise. 

3  With  grace  abundantly  endued, 
A  pure,  believing  multitude, 

They  all  were  of  one  heart  and  soul, 
And  only  love  inspired  the  whole. 

4  O  what  an  age  of  golden  days  ! 
O  what  a  choice,  peculiar  race  ! 
Wash'd  in  the  Lamb's  all-cleansing  blood, 
Anointed  Kings  and  Priests  to  God  ! 

HYMN  396.     L.  M. 
The  same. 

YE  different  sects,  who  all  declare, 
"  Lo,  here  is  Christ!"  or,  "  Christ 
is  there  ! '  ■ 
Your  stronger  proofs  divinely  give, 
And  show  me  where  the  Christians  live. 

2  Your  claim,  alas !  ye  cannot  prove  ; 
Ye  want  the  genuine  mark  of  love  : 
Thou  only,  Lord,  thine  own  canst  show, 
For  sure  thou  hast  a  church  below. 

3  The  gates  of  hell  cannot  prevail ; 
The  church  on  earth  can  never  fail : 
Ah  !  join  me  to  thy  secret  ones  ! 
Ah !  gather  all  thy  living  stones  ! 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


305 


4  Scatter'd  o'er  all  the  earth  they  lie, 
Till  thou  collect  them  with  thine  eye  ; 
Draw  by  the  music  of  thy  name, 
And  charm  into  a  beauteous  frame. 

5  For  this  the  pleading  Spirit  groans, 
And  cries  in  all  thy  banish'd  ones : 
Greatest  of  gifts,  thy  love  impart, 
And  make  us  of  one  mind  and  heart. 

HYMN  397.     L.  M. 

A  Call  to  Sinners. 

DINNERS,  obey  the  heavenly  call, 

O  Your  prison  doors  stand  open  wide  ; 

Go  forth,  for  he  hath  ransom' d  all, 

For  every  soul  of  man  hath  died. 

2  ?Tis  his  the  drooping  soul  to  raise, 

To  rescue  all  by  sin  opprest, 
To  clothe  them  with  the  robes  of  praise, 
And  give  their  weary  spirits  rest  : 

3  To  help  their  grovelling  unbelief, 

Beauty  for  ashes  to  confer, 
The  oil  of  joy  for  abject  grief, 
Triumphant  joy  for  sad  despair  : 

4  To  make  them  trees  of  righteousness, 

The  planting"  of  the  Lord  below, 
To  spread  the  honor  of  his  grace, 
And  on  to  full  perfection  grow. 


306 


ADDITIONAL    HVMXS. 


HYMN  398.     L.  M. 

Promise  to  Zion. 

THUS  saith  the  Lord  !     Who  seek  the 
Lamb, 
Who  follow  after  righteousness, 
Look  to  the  Rock  from  whence  ye  came, 
The  Father  of  the  faithful  race. 

2  Children  of  faithful  Abraham,  these, 

Who  dare  expect  salvation  here  : 
The  Lord  shall  give  them  gospel  peace, 
And  all  his  hopeless  mourners  cheer  : 

3  Shall  soon  his  fallen  Zion  raise, 

Her  waste  and  desolate  places  build ; 
Pour  out  the  Spirit  of  his  grace, 
And  make  her  wilds  a  fruitful  field. 

4  The  barren  souls  shall  be  restored  ; 

The  desert,  all  renew'd,  shall  rise  ; 
Bloom  as  the  garden  of  the  Lord, 
A  fair,  terrestrial  paradise. 

HYMN  399.     L.  M. 
Crying  to  God  for  Help. 

TOO  strong  I  was  to  conquer  sin, 
When  'gainst  it  first  I  tunrd   my 
face ; 
Nor  knew  my  want  of  power  within, 
Nor  knew  th'  omnipotence  of  grace. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


307 


2  In  nature's  strength  I  sought  in  vain 

For  what  my  God  refused  to  give  ; 
1  could  not  then  the  mastery  gain. 
Or  lord  of  all  my  passions  live. 

3  But,  for  the  glory  of  thy  name, 

Vouchsafe  me  now  the  victory  : 
Weakness  itself  thou  know'st  I  am, 
And  cannot  share  the  praise  with  thee. 

4  Because  I  now  can  nothing  do, 

Jesus,  do  all  the  work  alone  ; 
And  bring  my  soul  triumphant  through, 
To  wave  its  palm  before  thy  throne. 

HYMN  400.     6  lines  8s. 
GocVs  People  to  be  Comforted. 

COMFORT,  ye  ministers  of  grace, 
Comfort  my  people,  saithyour  God  ! 
Ye  soon  shall  see  his  smiling  face, 
His  golden  sceptre,  not  his  rod  ; 
A  nd  own,  when  now  the  cloud's  removed, 
He  only  chastened  whom  he  loved. 

2  Who  sow  in  tears,  in  joy  shall  reap  ; 
The  Lord  shall  comfort  all  that  mourn  : 
Who  now  go  on  their  way  and  weep, 

With  joy  they  doubtless  shall  return  ; 
And  bring  their  sheaves  with  vast  in- 
crease, 
And  have  their  fruit  to  holiness. 


308  ADDITIONAL    H\: 

HYMN  401.     L.  M. 
Trusting  in  Christ. 

JESUS,  my  King,  to  thee  I  bow. 
Enlisted  under  thy  command  : 
Captain  of  my  salvation,  thou 

Shalt  lead  me  to  the  promised  land. 

2  Thou  hast  a  great  deliverance  wrought, 

The  staff  from  off  my  shoulder  broke  ; 
Out  of  the  house  of  bondage  brought, 
And  freed  me  from  th'  Egyptian  yoke. 

3  O'er  the  vast  howling  wilderness 

To  Canaan's  bounds,  thou  hast  me  led  : 
Thou  bidd'st  me  now  the  land  possess, 
And  on  thy  milk  and  honey  feed. 

4  I  see  an  open  door  of  hope  ; 

Legions  of  sin  in  vain  oppose  : 
Bold  I  with  thee,  my  Head,  march  up, 
And  triumph  o'er  a  world  of  foes. 


HYMN  402.     L.  M. 
Prayer  for  Deliverance  from  Sin. 

MY  God.  if  I  may  call  thee  mine, 
From  heaven  and  thee  removed  so  far, 
Draw  nigh  :  thy  pitying  ear  incline, 
And  cast  not  out  my  languid  prayer. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


309 


2  Gently  the  weak  thou  lov'st  to 'lead. 

Thou  lov'st  to  prop  the  feeble  knee  ; 
0  break  not,  then,  a  bruised  reed. 
Not  quench  the  smoking  flax  in  me. 

3  Buried  in  sin,  thy  voice  I  hear. 

And  burst  the  barriers  of  my  tomb  ; 
In  all  the  marks  of  death  appear  ; 

Forth  at  thy  call,  tho'  bound,  I  come. 

4  Give  me,  0  give  me  fully.  Lord, 

Thy  resurrection's  power  to  know  ; 
Free  me  indeed,  repeat  the  word. 
And  loose  my  bands  and  let  me  go. 

5  Fain  would  I  go  to  thee,  my  God, 

Thy  mercies  and  my  wants  to  tell ; 
To  feel  my  pardon  seal'd  in  blood ; 
Saviour,  thv  love  I  wait  to  feel. 


A 


HYMN  403.     S.  M. 

Penitential. 

H,  when  shall  I  awake 
From  sin's  soft,  soothing  power  ; 


The  slumber  from  my  spirit  shake, 
And  rise  to  fall  no  more  ! 
Awake,  no  more  to  sleep. 
But  stand  with  constant  care, 

Looking  for  Gnd  my  soul  to  keep, 
And  watching  unto  prayer! 


310 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


2  O  could  I  always  pray, 
And  never,  never  faint, 

But  simply  to  my  God  display 
My  every  care  and  want ! 
I  know  that  thou  wouldst  give 
More  than  I  can  request : 

Thou  still  art  ready  to  receive 
My  soul  to  perfect  rest. 

3  I  feel  thee  willing,  Lord, 
A  sinful  world  to  save  : 

All  may  obey  thy  gracious  word, 

May  peace  and  pardon  have. 

Not  one  of  all  the  race 

But  may  return  to  thee  ; 
But  at  the  throne  of  sovereign  grace 

May  fall  and  weep,  like  me. 


HYMN  404.     L.  M. 
The  Perfections  and  Providence  of  God. 

HIGH  in  the  heavens,  eternal  God, 
Thy  goodness  in  full  glory  shines  ; 
Thy  truth  shall  break  thro'  every  cloud 
That  veils  and  darkens  thy  designs. 

2  For  ever  firm  thy  justice  stands, 

As  mountains  their  foundations  keep  : 
Wise  are  the  wonders  of  thy  hands  ; 
Thy  judgments  are  a  mighty  deep. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMXS. 


311 


3  Thy  providence  is  kind  and  large  ; 

Both  man  and  beast  thy  bounty  share  ; 
The  whole  creation  is  thy  charge, 
But  saints  are  thy  peculiar  care. 

4  My  God,  how  excellent  thy  grace, 

Whence    all    our   hope    and   comfort 

springs  ! 
The  sons  of  Adam,  in  distress. 
Fly  to  the  shadow  of  thy  wings. 

HYMN  405.     C.  M. 
Christ  All  in  Ail. 
nUMMON'D  my  labor  to  renew, 

O   And  glad  to  act  my  part, 
Lord,  in  thy  name  my  work  I  do, 
And  with  a  single  heart. 

2  End  of  my  every  action  thou, 

In  all  things  thee  I  see  ; 
Accept  my  hallow'd  labor  now, 
I  do  it  unto  thee. 

3  Whate'er  the  Father  views  as  thine, 

He  views  with  gracious  eyes  ; 
Jesus,  this  mean  oblation  join 
To  thy  great  Sacrifice. 

4  Stamp'd  with  an  infinite  desert, 

My  work  he  then  shall  own  : 
Well  pleased  with  me,  when  mine  thou 
And  I  his  favor'd  son.  [art. 


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HYMN  406.     L.  M. 
Seeking  the  Glory  of  God. 

FORTH  in  thy  name,  0  Lord,  I  go, 
My  daily  labor  to  pursue  ; 
Thee,  only  thee,  resolved  to  know, 
In  all  I  think,  or  speak,  or  do. 

2  Thee  may  I  set  at  my  right  hand, 

Whose  eyes  my  inmost  substance  see  ; 
And  labor  on  at  thy  command, 
And  offer  all  my  works  to  thee. 

3  Give  me  to  bear  thy  easy  yoke, 

And  every  moment  watch  and  pray  ; 
And  still  to  things  eternal  look, 
And  hasten  to  thy  glorious  day. 

4  For  thee  delightfully  employ       [given  ; 

Whate"er  thy  bounteous  grace   hath 
And  run  my  course  with  even  joy, 
And  closely  walk  with  thee  to  heaven. 

HYMN  407.     L.  M. 

"  Holiness  bccomtth  thine  house,  0  Lord,  for 

f  n  r." 

THE  earth  and  all  her  fulness  owns 
Jehovah  for  her  sovereign  Lord  ; 
The  countless  myriads  of  her  sons 
Rose  into  being  at  his  word. 

2  But  who  shall  quit  this  low  abode, 

Who  shall  ascend  the  heavenly  place. 
And  stand  upon  the  mount  of  God, 
And  see  his  Maker  i?se  to  face ! 


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3  The  man  whose  hands  and  heart  are  clean, 

That  blessed  portion  shall  receive  ; 
Whoe'er  by  grace  is  saved  from  sin, 
Hereafter  shall  in  glory  live. 

4  He  shall  obtain  the  starry  crown  ; 

And.  number'd  with  the  saints  above, 
The  God  of  his  salvation  own. 
The  God  of  his  salvation  love. 

HYMN  408.     S.  M. 

Public  Worship. 

COME,  sound  his  praise  abroad, 
And  hymns  of  glory  sing  ; 
Jehovah  is  the  sovereign  God, 
The  universal  King. 

2  He  form'd  the  deeps  unknown  ; 
He  gave  the  seas  their  bound  ; 

The  watery  worlds  are  all  his  own. 
And  all  the  solid  ground. 

3  Come,  worship  at  his  throne  ; 
Come,  bow  before  the  Lord  : 

We  are  his  works,  and  not  our  own  , 
He  form'd  us  by  his  word. 

4  To-day  attend  his  voice. 
Nor  dare  provoke  his  rod  : 

Come,  as  the  people  of  his  choice, 
And  own  vonr  gracious  God. 
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HYMN  409.     L.  M. 
Joy  in  Heaven  for  a  Repenting  Sinner. 

WHO  can  describe  the  joys  that  rise 
Through  all  the  courts  of  Paradise, 
To  see  a  prodigal  return, 
To  see  an  heir  of  glory  born  ? 

2  With  joy  the  Father  doth  approve 
The  fruit  of  his  eternal  love  ; 

The  Son,  with  joy,  looks  down  and  sees 
The  purchase  of  his  agonies. 

3  The  Spirit  takes  delight  to  view 
The  contrite  soul  he  forms  anew ; 
And  saints  and  angels  join  to  sing 
The  growing  empire  of  their  King. 


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HYMN  410.     L.  M. 
The  Incarnation  of  Christ. 
ING,  all  in  heaven,  at  Jesus'  birth, 


Glory  to  God,  and  peace  on  earth  : 
Incarnate  love  in  Christ  is  seen, 
Pure  mercy  and  good  will  to  men. 

2  Praise  him,  extoll'd  above  all  height, 
Who  doth  in  worthless  worms  delight ; 
God  reconciled  in  Christ  confess, 
Your  present  and  eternal  peace. 


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3  From  Jesus,  manifest  below. 
Rivers  of  pure  salvation  flow  ; 

And  pour  on  man's  distinguish'*!  race 
Their  everlasting  streams  of  grace. 

4  Sing,  every  soul  of  Adam's  line, 
The  favorite  attribute  divine  ; 
Ascribing,  with  the  hosts  above, 
All  glory  to  the  God  of  Love. 

HYMN  411.     L.  M. 

The  Miracles  of  Christ. 

BEHOLD,  the  blind  their  sight  receive  ; 
Behold,  the  dead  awake  and  live  : 
The  dumb  speak  wonders  ;  and  the  lame 
Leap  like  the  hart,  and  bless  his  name. 

2  Thus  doth  th'  eternal  Spirit  own 
And  seal  the  mission  of  the  Son  ; 
The  Father  vindicates  his  cause 
While  he  hangs  bleeding  on  the  cross. 

3  He  dies  ;  the  heavens  in  mourning  stood  ; 
He  rises,  and  appears  our  God  ! 
Behold  the  Lord  ascending  high, 

No  more  to  bleed,  no  more  to  die. 

4  Hence,  then,  for  ever  from  my  heart 
I  bid  my  doubts  and  fears  depart ; 
And  to  those  hands  my  soul  resign 
Which  bear  credentials  so  divine. 


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HYMN  412.     L.  M. 

"  It  is  finished." 

TIS  finished  !     The  Messiah  dies, 
Cut  off  for  sins,  but  not  his  own  : 
Accomplish'd  is  the  sacrifice  ; 

The  great  redeeming  work  is  done. 

2  'Tis  finished  !  all  the  debt  is  paid  ; 

Justice  divine  is  satisfied  ; 
The  grand  and  full  atonement  made  ; 
God  for  a  guilty  world  hath  died. 

3  The  veil  is  rent  in  Christ  alone  ; 

The  living  way  to  heaven  is  seen ; 
The  middle  wall  is  broken  down, 
And  all  mankind  may  enter  in. 

4  The  types  and  figures  are  fulrHl'd  ; 

Exacted  is  the  legal  pain  ; 
The  precious  promises  are  seal'd  ; 
The  spotless  Lamb  of  God  is  slain. 

HYMN  413.     S.  M. 

"  This  is  He  that  came  not  byicater  only,  but 
by  water  and  blood.'' 

THIS,  this  is  He  that  came 
By  water  and  by  blood  ' 
Jesus  is  our  atoning  Lamb, 
Our  sanctifying  God. 


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2  See  from  his  wounded  side 
The  mingled  current  flow  ! 

The  water  and  the  blood  applied 
Shall  wash  us  white  as  snow. 

3  The  water  cannot  cleanse, 
Before  the  blood  we  feel, 

To  purge  the  guilt  of  all  our  sins, 
And  our  forgiveness  seal. 

4  But  both  in  Jesus  join, 

Who  speaks  our  sins  forgiven, 
And  gives  the  purity  divine 

That  makes  us  meet  for  heaven. 

HYMN  414.     L.  M. 
"  For  the  Law  had  a  shadow  of  good  things.'' 

OTHOU,  whose  offering  on  the  tree 
The  legal  offerings  all  foreshow'd, 
Borrow 'd  their  whole  effect  from  thee, 
And  drew  their  virtue  from  thy  blood  : 

2  The  blood  of  goats,  and  bullocks  slain, 

Could  never  for  one  sin  atone  : 
To  purge  the  guilty  offerer's  stain, 
Thine  was  the  work,  and  thine  alone. 

3  Vain  in  themselves  their  duties  were  ; 

Their  services  could  never  please, 
Till  joined  with  thine,  and  made  to  share 
The  merits  of  thy  righteousness. 


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4  Forward  they  cast  a  faithful  look 

On  thy  approaching1  sacrifice  ; 
And  thence  their  pleasing  savor  took, 
And  rose  accepted  in  the  skies. 

5  Those  feeble  types,  and  shadows  old, 

Are  all  in  thee,  the  Truth,  fulfill  ?d  : 
We  in  thy  sacrifice  behold 

The  substance  of  those  rites  reveal'd. 

HYMN  415.     L.  M. 
The,    Crucifixion. 
"TT7HEN  I  survey  the  wondrous  cross 
''     On  which  the  Prince  of  Glory  died, 
My  richest  gain  I  count  but  loss. 
And  pour  contempt  on  all  my  pride. 

2  Forbid  it,  Lord,  that  I  should  boast, 

Save  in  the  death  of  Christ,  my  God  : 
All  the  vain  things  that  charm  me  most, 
I  sacrifice  them  to  his  blood. 

3  See,  from  his  head,  his  hands,  his  feet, 

Sorrow  and  love  rlow  mingled  down  : 
Did  e'er  such  love  and  sorrow  meet, 
Or  thorns  compose  so  rich  a  crown  I 

4  Were  the  whole  realm  of  nature  mine, 

That  were  a  present  far  too  small ; 
Love  so  amazing,  so  divine, 

Demands  my  soul,  my  life,  my  all. 


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HYMN  416.     7s. 
The  Resurrection  of  Christ. 
"  pHRIST.  the  Lord,  is  risen  to-day," 

\J   Sons  of  men  and  angels  say  ! 
Raise  your  joys  and  triumphs  high  ; 
Sing,  ye  heavens  ;  thou  earth,  reply. 

2  Love's  redeeming  work  is  done  ; 
Fought  the  fight,  the  battle  won  : 
Lo  !  the  sun's  eclipse  is  o'er  : 
Lo  !   he  sets  in  blood  no  more  ! 

3  Vain  the  stone,  the  watch,  the  seal — 
Christ  hath  burst  the  gates  of  hell : 
Death  in  vain  forbids  his  rise  ; 
Christ  hath  open'd  Paradise. 

4  Lives  again  our  glorious  King  ! 
Where,  0  death,  is  now  thy  sting? 
Once  he  died  our  souls  to  save  : 
Where's  thy  victory,  boasting  grave? 

5  Soar  we  now,  where  Christ  hath  led, 
Following  our  exalted  Head  ; 

Made  like  him,  like  him  we  rise  : 
Ours  the  cross,  the  grave,  the  skies. 

6  King  of  glory  !   Soul  of  bliss  ! 
Everlasting  life  is  this  : 

Thee  to  know,  thy  power  to  prove, 
Thus  to  sing,  and"  thus  to  love. 


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HYMN  417.     C.  M. 

Prayer  for  Quickening  Grace. 

LONG  have  I  sat  beneath  the  sound 
Of  thy  salvation,  Lord; 
But  still  how  weak  my  faith  is  found, 
And  knowledge  of  thy  word  ! 

2  My  gracious  Saviour  and  my  God, 

How  little  art  thou  known 

By  all  the  judgments  of  thy  rod, 

Or  blessings  of  thy  throne  ! 

3  Great  God  !  thy  sovereign  aid  impart, 

To  give  thy  word  success  ; 
Write  thy  salvation  on  my  heart, 
And  make  me  learn  thy  grace. 

4  Show  my  forgetful  feet  the  way 

That  leads  to  joys  on  high  ; 
Where  knowledge  grows  without  decay, 
And  love  shall  never  die. 


HYMN  418.     C.  M. 

The  Resurrection  of  Christ. 

YE  humble  souls  that  seek  the  Lord, 
Chase  all  your  fears  away ; 
And  bow  with  rapture  down  to  see 
The  place  where  Jesus  lay. 


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2  Thus  low  the  Lord  of  Life  was  brought ; 

Such  wonders  love  can  do  : 
Thus  cold  in  death  that  bosom  lay, 
Which  throbb'd  and  bled  for  you. 

3  But  raise  your  eyes,  and  tune  your  songs, 

The  Saviour  lives  again  ; 
Not  all  the  bolts  and  bars  of  death 
The  Conqueror  could  detain. 

4  High  o'er  th!  angelic  bands  he  rears 

His  once  dishonor'd  head  ; 
And  thro"  unnumber'd  years  he  reigns, 
Who  dwelt  among  the  dead. 

5  With  joy  like  his  shall  every  saint 

His  vacant  tomb  survey  ; 
Then  rise,  with  his  ascending  Lord, 
To  realms  of  endless  day. 


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HYMN  419.     L,  M. 

Prayer  for  Pardon. 

THOU  that  hear'st  when  sinners  cry, 
Tho"  all  my  crimes  before  thee  lie, 
Behold  me  not  with  angry  look, 
But  blot  their  memory  from  thy  book. 

2  Create  my  nature  pure  within. 
And  form  my  soul  averse  from  sin  ; 
Let  thy  good  Spirit  ne'er  depart, 
Xor  hide  thy  presence  from  my  heart. 


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3  I  cannot  live  without  thy  light, 

Cast  out  and  banish'd  from  thy  sight : 
Thy  saving  strength,  0  Lord,  restore, 
And  guard  me,  that  I  fall  no  more. 

4  Though  I  have  grieved  thy  Spirit,  Lord, 
His  help  and  comfort  still  afford  ; 

And  let  a  wretch  come  near  thy  throne, 
To  plead  the  merits  of  thy  Son. 

5  My  soul  lies  humbled  in  the  dust, 
And  owns  thy  dreadful  sentence  just : 
Look  down,  0  Lord,  with  pitying  eye, 
And  save  the  soul  condemn'd  to  die. 

HYMN  420.     L.  M. 

"  They  that  wait  upon  the  Lord  shall  renew 
their  strength  :  they  shall  run,  and  not  be 
weary." 

A  WAKE,  our  souls  !  away,  our  fears ! 
JA_  Let  every  trembling  thought  be  gone  ! 
Awake,  and  run  the  heavenly  race, 
And  put  a  cheerful  courage  on. 

2  True,  'tis  a  strait  and  thorny  road, 

And  mortal  spirits  tire  and  faint  ; 
But  they  forget  the  mighty  God, 

That  feeds  the  strength  of  every  saint. 

3  From  Thee,  the  ever-flowing  Spring, 

Our  souls  shall  drink  a  fresh  supply ; 
While  such  as  trust  their  native  strength 
Shall  melt  away,  and  droop,  and  die. 


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4  Swift  as  the  eagle  cuts  the  air. 

We'll  mount  aloft  to  thine  abode  ; 

On  wings  of  love  our  souls  shall  fly, 

Xor  tire  along  the  heavenly  road. 

HYMN  4-21.     L.  M. 
The  Beatitudes. 

BLEST  are  the  humble  souls  that  see 
Their  emptiness  and  poverty  ; 
Treasures  of  grace  to  them  are  given. 
And  crowns  of  joy  laid  up  in  heaven. 

2  Blest  are  the  men  of  broken  heart, 
Who  mourn  for  sin  with  inward  smart : 
The  blood  of  Christ  divinely  flows, 

A  healing  balm  for  all  their  woes. 

3  Blest  are  the  souls  that  Ion?  for  grace, 
Hunger  and  thirst  for  righteousness  : 
They  shall  be  well  supplied  and  fed. 
With  living  streams  and  living  bread. 

4  Blest  are  the  pure,  whose  hearts  are 
From  the  defiling  power  of  sin  :     [clean 
With  endless  pleasure  they  shall  see 
The  God  of  spotless  purity. 

5  Blest  are  the  surTerers.  who  partake 
Of  pain  and  shame  for  Jesus'  sake  : 
Their  souls  shall  triumph  in  the  Lord  : 
Glory  and  joy  are  their  reward. 


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tike  mountains  are  round  about  Jerusa- 
lem, so  the  Lord  is  round  about  his 

~H0  in  the  Lord  confide. 

feel  his  sprinkled  blood, 
_ms  and  hurricanes  abide, 
_  a  the  mount  of  God  : 

East,  and  fix'd.  and  s 
His  Zion  cannot  m : 
His  faithful  people  stand  secure 

ilem 
i    - 
So  God  protects  and  c 

m  all  their  enemy  - 
On  every  si  stands, 

And  for  his  Israel  c 
An  1  safe  in  his  almighty  hands 
T:.fi:  -   ■.:".;  :'.-_■  :''::  bears. 

3  But  let  them  still  abide 

In  thee,  all-gracious  Lord, 
Till  every  soul  is  sane: 

red: 
aen  of  heart  sir. 
fend : 
And  do  them  good,  and  save  them  here, 
And  love  them  to  the  end. 


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HYMN  423.     L.  M. 
God  w  o//r  Refuge. 

GOD  is  the  refuge  of  his  saints. 
When  storms  of  sharp  distress  invade; 
Ere  we  can  offer  our  complai. 
Behold  him  present  with  his  ai 

*2  Let  mountains  from  their  seats  behurPd 
Down  to  the  deep,  and  buried  theie. 
Convulsions  shake  the  solid  world. 
Our  faith  shall  never  yield  to  fear. 

3  Loud  may  the  troubled  ocean  roar. 

In  sacred  peace  our  souls  abide  ; 
While  every  nation,  every  shore. 

Trembles,  and  dreads  the  swelling  tide. 

4  Zion  enjoys  her  Monarch's  love. 

Secure  against  the  threat 'ning  hour  ; 
Nor  can  her  firm  foundation  move. 
Built  on  His  faithfulness  and  power. 


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HYMN  424.     S.  M. 
"  Thy  kingdom  come." 

7ATHER  of  boundless  grace, 


Thou  hast  in  part  fulfill' d 
Thy  promise  made  to  Adam's  race. 
In  God  incarnate  seal'd. 


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A  few  from  every  land 
At  first  to  Salem  came. 
And  saw  the  wonders  of  thy  hand. 
And  saw  the  tongues  of  name. 

2  Yet  still  we  wait  the  end. 
The  coming  of  our  Lord  : 

The  full  accomplishment  attend. 

Of  thy  prophetic  word. 

Thy  promise  deeper  lies. 

In  unexhausted  grace  ; 
And  new-discover'd  worlds  arise. 

To  sing  their  Saviour's  praise. 

3  Beloved  for  Jesus'  sake. 
By  him  redeem'd  of  old. 

All  nations  must  come  in.  and  make 

One  undivided  fold  : 

While  gather' d  in  by  thee, 

And  perfected  in  one. 
They  all  at  once  thy  glory  see. 

In  thine  eternal  Son. 


HYMN  4-25.     CM. 

Christ  our  Shepherd. 

shepherd  will  supply  my  need, 
Jehovah  is  his  name  : 
In  pastures  fresh  he  makes  me  feed. 
Beside  the  living  stream. 


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2  He  brings  my  wandering  spirit  back, 

When  I  forsake  his  ways  ; 
And  leads  me,  for  his  mercy's  sake, 
In  paths  of  truth  and  grace. 

3  When  I  walk  thro?  the  shades  of  death, 

Thy  presence  is  my  stay  : 
A  word  of  thy  supporting  breath 
Drives  all  my  fears  away. 

4  Thy  hand,  in  sight  of  all  my  foes, 

Doth  now  my  table  spread  ; 

My  cup  with  blessings  overflows, 

Thine  oil  anoints  my  head. 

5  The  sure  provisions  of  my  God 

Attend  me  all  my  days  : 
O  may  thine  house  be  mine  abode, 
And  all  my  work  be  praise  ! 

HYMN  426.     CM. 
11  The  greatest  of  these  is  Charity." 

HAPPY  the  heart  where  graces  reign, 
Where  love  inspires  the  breast : 
Love  is  the  brightest  of  the  train, 
And  perfects  all  the  rest. 

2  'Tis  love  that  makes  our  cheerful  feet 
In  swift  obedience  move  : 
The  devils  know,  and  tremble  too  ; 
But  Satan  cannot  love. 


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3  This  is  the  grace  that  lives  and  sings, 

When  faith  and  hope  shall  cease  ; 
'Tis  this  shall  strike  our  joyful  strings 
In  the  sweet  realms  of  bliss. 

4  Before  we  quite  forsake  our  clay, 

Or  leave  this  dark  abode, 
The  wings  of  love  bear  us  away 
To  see  our  gracious  God. 

HYMN  427.     S.  M. 
Trust  in  God. 

TO  God  the  only  wise. 
Our  Saviour  and  our  King, 
Let  all  the  saints  below  the  skies 
Their  humble  praises  bring. 

2  ?Tis  his  almighty  love, 
His  counsel  and  his  care, 

Preserves  us  safe  from  sin  and  death, 
And  every  hurtful  snare. 

3  He  will  present  our  souls, 
Unblemish'd  and  complete, 

Before  the  glory  of  his  face, 
With  joys  divinely  great. 

4  To  our  Redeemer  God, 
Wisdom  and  power  belongs  ; 

Immortal  crowns  of  majesty, 
And  everlasting  songs. 


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HYMN  428.     L.  M. 

r  ight  to  the  Gentil 

THE  Law  and  Prophets  all  foretold 
That  Christ  should  die  and  leave  the 
grave  : 
Gather  the  world  into  his  fold, 

The  church  of  Jews  and  Gentiles  save. 

2  Yet.  by  the  prince  of  darkness  bound. 

The  nations  still  are  wrapt  in  night ; 
They  never  heard  the  joyful  sound. 
They  never  saw  the  gospel  light. 

3  Light  of  the  world,  again  appear 

In  mildest  majesty  of  grace  ; 
And  bring  the  great  salvation  near, 
And  claim  our  whole  apostate  race. 

HYMN  429.     C.  M. 

"  Bless^rJ  art  tJu  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord." 

HEAR   what  the  voice  from  heaven 
proci 
For  all  the  pious  dead ! 
Sweet  is  the  savor  of  their  names. 
And  soft  their  dying  bed. 

2  They  die  in  Jesus,  and  are  blest: 
How  calm  their  slumbers  are  ! 
From  sufferings  and  from  woes  released, 
And  freed  from  every  snare  : 
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3  Till  that  illustrious  morning"  come, 

When  all  thy  saints  shall  rise  ; 
And,  deck'd  in  full  immortal  bloom, 
Attend  thee  to  the  skies. 

4  Their  tongues,  great  Prince  of  Life,  shall 

join 
With  their  recover'd  breath  ; 
And  all  th'  immortal  host  ascribe 
Their  victory  to  thy  death. 

HYMN  430.     L.  M. 
"  Tlie  Spii-it  and  the  Bride  say,  Come." 

HEAD  of  thy  Church,  whose  Spirit  fills 
And  flows  thro*  every  faithful  soul, 
Unites  in  mystic  love,  and  seals 

Them  one,  and  sanctifies  the  whole  : 

2  "  Come,  Lord,"  thy  glorious  Spirit  cries, 

And  souls  beneath  the  altar  groan  : 

w  Come,  Lord,"  the  Bride  on  earth  replies, 

';  And  perfect  all  our  souls  in  one.?' 

3  Pour  out  the  promised  gift  on  all, 

Answer  the  universal  "  Come  !" 
The  fulness  of  the  Gentiles  call, 

And  take  thine  ancient  people  home. 

4  To  thee  1st  all  the  nations  flow  ; 

Let  all  obey  the  gospel  word  ; 
Let  all  their  bleeding  Saviour  know, 
Fill'd  with  the  fflory  of  the  Lord. 


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HYMN  431.     L.  M. 

Glory  of  God. 

rpHE  heavens  declare  thy  glory,  Lord, 
J-    In  every  star  thy  wisdom  shines  ; 
But  when  our  eves  behold  thy  word, 
We  read  thy  name  in  fairer  lines. 

2  The  rolling  sun.  the  changing  light, 

And  night  and  day  thy  power  confess  ; 
But  the  best  volume  thou  hast  writ, 
Reveals  thy  justice  and  thy  grace. 

3  Sun,  moon  and  stars  convey  thy  praise 
Eound  the  whole  earth,  and  never  stand  ; 
So  when  thy  truth  began  its  race. 

It  touch 'd  and  glanced  on  every  land. 

4  Not  shall  thy  spreading-  gospel  rest. 
Till  thro'  the  world  thy  truth  has  run  ; 
Till  Christ  has  all  the  nations  blest, 
That  see  the  light  or  feel  the  sun. 

HYMN  43-2.     L.  M. 

"They  rest  from  tlicir  labors.  a?id  their  works 
do  follow  them." 

THE  saints  who  die  of  Christ  pessest. 
Enter  into  immediate  rest  : 
For  them  no  further  test  remains. 
Of  purging  fires  and  torturing  pnins. 


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2  Who  trusting  in  their  Lord  depart. 
Cleans  jd  from  all  sin.  and  pure  in  heart, 
The  bliss  unmix  u.  the  glorious  prize, 
They  find  with  Christ  in  paradise. 

3  Close  followed  by  their  works  they  go, 
Their  Master's  purchased  joy  to  know  : 

Their  works  enhance  the  bliss  prepared, 
And  each  hath  its  distinct  reward. 

4  Yet  glorified  by  grace  alone. 

They  cast  their  crowns  before  the  throne; 
And  fill  the  echoing  courts  above 
With  praises  of  redeeming  love. 

HYMN  433.     L.  M. 

The  Shortness  of  Time  and  Frailty  of  Man. 

{  LMIGHTY  Maker  of  my  frame, 

A  Teach  me  the  measure  of  my  days; 
Teach  me  tc  know  how  frail  I  am. 
And  spend  the  remnant  to  thy  praise. 

2  My  days  are  shorter  than  a  span  : 

A  little  point  my  life  appears  : 
How  frail,  at  best,  is  dying  man  ! 

How  vain  are  all  his  hopes  and  fears! 

3  Vain  his  ambition,  noise,  and  show  ; 

Vain  are  the  cares  which,  rack  his  mind; 
He  hears  up  treasures  mix'd  with  wo, 
And  dies  and  leaves  them  all  behind. 


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4  0  be  a  nobler  portion  mine  ! 

My  God,  I  bow  before  thy  throne  : 
Earth's  fleeting  treasures  I  resign, 
And  fix  my  hope  on  thee  alone. 

HYMN  434.     C.  M. 

The  Saints  Glorified. 

GIVE  me  the  wings  of  faith,  to  rise 
Within  the  veil,  and  see 

The  saints  above,  how  great  their  joys, 
How  bright  their  glories  be. 

2  Once  they  were  mourners  here  below, 

And  pour'd  out  cries  and  tears  ; 
They  wrestled  hard,  as  we  do  now, 
With  sins,  and  doubts,  and  fears. 

3  I  ask  them  whence  their  victory  came  : 

They,  with  united  breath. 
Ascribe  their  conquest  to  the  Lamb, 
Their  triumph  to  his  death. 

4  They  mark'd  the  footsteps  that  he  trod, 

His  zeal  inspired  their  breast ; 
And  following  their  incarnate  God, 
Possess  the  promised  rest. 

HYMN  435.     L.  M. 
Family  Religion. 
T1ATHER  of  all,  thy  care  we  bless. 
J-  W  h  i  c  h  c  r  o  w  n  s  oo  r  families  with  peace: 

From  thee  they  spring  ;  and  by  thy  hand 
They  are,  and  shall  be  still,  sustain" d. 


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2  To  God,  most  worthy  to  be  praised, 
Be  our  domestic  altars  raised  ; 

Who,  Lord  of  heaven,  yet  deigns  to  come, 
And  sanctity  our  humblest  home. 

3  To  thee  may  each  united  house 
Morning  and  night  present  its  vows  : 
Our  servants  there,  and  rising  race, 
Be  taught  thy  precepts  and  thy  grace. 

4  So  may  each  future  a^e  proclaim 
The  honors  of  thy  glorious  name  ; 
And  each  succeeding  race  remove 
To  join  the  family  above. 

HYMN  436.     C.  M. 

11  Of  whom  the  ichole  family  in  heaven  and 
earth  is  named" 

COME,  let  us  join  our  friends  above, 
That  have  obtain'd  the  prize, 
And  on  the  eagle  wings  of  love 

To  joys  celestial  rise  : 
Let  all  the  saints  terrestrial  sing, 

With  those  to  glory  gone  : 
For  all  the  servants  of  our  King, 
In  earth  and  heaven,  are  one. 

2  One  family  we  dwell  in  him, 
One  church  above,  beneath, 
Though  now  divided  by  the  stream, 
The  narrow  stream,  of  death  : 


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One  army  of  the  living  God, 

To  his  command  we  bow  : 
Part  of  his  host  have  cross'd  the  ilood, 

And  part  are  crossing  now. 

3  Ten  thousand  to  their  endless  home 

This  solemn  moment  fly  : 
And  we  are  to  the  margin  come. 

And  we  expect  to  die  : 
His  militant  embodied  host. 

With  wishful  looks  we  stand. 
And  Ions-  to  see  that  happy  coast. 

And  reach  the  heavenly  land. 

HYMN  437.     L.  M. 

Admission  into  Society. 

BRETHREN  in  Christ,  and  well-be- 
loved. 
To  Jesus  and  his  servants  dear. 
Enter  and  show  yourselves  approved  ; 
Enter,  and  find  that  God  is  here. 

2  Welcome  from  earth  :  lo,  the  right  hand 

Of  fellowship  to  you  we  give  ! 
With  open  hearts  and  hands  we  stand, 
And  you  in  Jesus'  name  receive. 

3  Say.  are  your  hearts  resolved  as  ours  ? 

Then  let  them  burn  with  sacred  love, 
Then  let  them  taste  the  heavenly  powers, 
Partakers  of  the  joys  above. 


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HYMN  438.     L.  M. 
A  Morning  Hymn. 

AWAKE,  my  soul,  and  with  the  sun 
Thy  daily  stage  of  duty  run  : 
Shake  off  dull  sloth,  and  early  rise, 
To  pay  thy  morning  sacrifice. 

2  Redeem  thy  misspent  moments  past, 
And  live  this  day  as  if  thy  last ; 
Thy  talents  to  improve  take  care  ; 
For  the  great  day  thyself  prepare. 

3  Let  all  thy  converse  be  sincere, 

Thy  conscience  as  the  noonday  clear ; 

For  God's  all-seeing  eye  surveys 

Thy  secret  thoughts, thy  words  and  ways. 

4  Wake,  and  lift  up  thyself,  my  heart, 
And  with  the  angels  take  thy  part ; 
Who  all  night  long  unwearied  sing 
High  glory  to  the  eternal  King. 

HYMN  439.     P.  M. 
On  laying  the  Foundation  of  a  Chapel. 

THOU,  who  hast  in  Zion  laid 
The  true  Foundation-stone, 
And  with  those  a  covenant  made, 

Who  built  op  that  alone  : 
Hear  us,  Architect  divine  ! 

Great  builder  of  thy  church  below ; 
Now  upon  thy  servants  shine, 
Who  seek  thy  praise  to  show. 


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2  We,  like  Jesse's  son.  would  raise 

A  temple  to  the  Lord  ; 

Sound  throughout  its  courts  His  praise, 

His  saving  name  record  ; 
Dedicate  a  house  to  Him, 

Who.  once  in  mortal  weakness  shrined, 
Sorrow'd,  suffer d,  to  redeem. 

To  rescue  all  mankind. 

3  Father,  Son.  and  Spirit,  send 

The  consecrating  flame  ; 

Now  in  majesty  descend, 

Inscribe  the  living  name  ; 
That  great  name  by  which  we  live, 

Now  write  on  this  accepted  stone  ; 
Us  into  thy  hands  receive, 

Our  temple  make  thy  throne. 

HYMN  410.     L.  M. 
.1)1   Evening  Hymn. 

GLORY  to  thee,  my  God,  this  night, 
For  all  the  blessings  of  the  light : 
Keep  me,  0  keep  me.  King  of  kings, 
Beneath  thine  own  almighty  wings! 

2  Forgive  me.  Lord,  for  thy  dear  Son, 
The  ill  that  I  this  day  have  done  : 
That,  with  the  world,  myself,  and  thee, 
I,  ere  I  sleep,  at  peace  may  be. 

3  Teach  me  to  live,  that  I  may  dread 
The  grave  as  little  as  my  bed  ; 
Teach  me  to  die,  that  so  I  may 
Rise  glorious  at  the  awful  day. 


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4  Oh,  let  my  soul  on  thee  repose  ! 

And  may  sweet  sleep  mine  eyelids  close  ; 
Sleep  that  shall  me  more  vigorous  make. 
To  serve  my  God  when  I  awake. 

HYMN  441.     L.  M. 

The  dying  Malefactor's  Prayer. 

FIRST    PART. 

OTHOU  that  hangest  on  the  tree, 
Oar  curse  and  sufferings  to  remove, 
Pity  the  souls  that  look  to  thee, 
And  save  us  by  thy  dying  love. 

2  We  have  no  outward  righteousness, 

No  merits  or  good  works  to  plead  ; 
We  only  can  be  sav'd  by  grace  ; 
Thy  grace  will  here  be  free  indeed. 

3  Save  us  by  grace,  through  faith  alone, 

A  faith  thou  must  thyself  impart ; 
A  faith  that  would  by  works  be  shown, 
A  faith  that  purities  the  heart. 

4  A  faith  that  doth  the  mountains  move, 

A  faith  that  shows  our  sins  forgiven, 
A  faith  that  sweetly  works  by  love, 
And  ascertains  our  claim  to  heaven. 

HYMN  44-2.     L.  M. 

SECOND    PART. 

CANST  thou  reject  our  dying  prayer, 
Or  cast  us  out  who  come  to  thee? 
Our  sins,  ah  !  wherefore  didst  thou  bear? 
Jesus,  remember  Calvary  ! 


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2  Nmnber'd  with  the  transgressors  thou, 

Between  the  felons  crucified, 
Speak  to  our  hearts,  and  tell  us  now. 
Wherefore  hast  thou  for  sinners  died  ? 

3  For  us  wast  thou  not  lifted  up  ! 

For  us  a  bleeding-  victim  mace  ? 

That  we,  \  -        j':\i  hope, 

Thou  hast  for  all  a  ransom  paid. 

4  Oh.  might  we.  with  believing  - 

Thee  in  thy  bloody  vesture  see  ; 
And  east  us  on  thy  sacrifice  ! 
Jesus,  my  Lord,  remember  rne  ! 

HYMN  443.     L.  M. 
To  be  i  I   v 

LORD  of  the  v..  sive  main, 

Whose   power  the   wind,   the   sea, 
controls. 
Whose  hand  doth  earth  and  heaven  sus- 
tain. 
Whose  Spirit  leads  believing*  souls  : 

2  For  thee  we  leave  our  native  shore, 

(We  whom  thy  love  delights  to  keep.) 
In  other  climes  thy  works  explore, 
And  see  thy  wonders  in  the  deep. 

3  ?Tis  here  thine  unknown  paths  we  trace, 

Which  dark  to  human  eyes  appear; 
While  thro'  the  mighty  waves  we  pass, 
Faith  onlv  sees  that  God  is  here. 


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4  Throughout  the  deep  thy  footsteps  shine, 
We  own  thy  way  is  in  the  sea, 
O'erawed  by  majesty  divine, 
And  lost  in  thy  immensity. 

HYMN  444.     7s. 

On  going  en  Shipboard. 

LORD,  whom  winds  and  seas  obey, 
Guide  us  through  the  watery  way ; 
In  the  hollow  of  thy  hand 
Hide,  and  bring  us  safe  to  land. 

2  Jesus,  let  our  faithful  mind 
Rest,  on  thee  alone  reclined  ; 
Every  anxious  thought  repress, 
Keep  our  souls  in  perfect  peace. 

3  Keep  the  souls  whom  now  we  leave, 
Bid  them  to  each  other  cleave  ; 

Bid  them  walk  on  life's  rough  sea ; 
Bid  them  come  by  faith  to  thee. 

4  Save,  till  all  these  tempests  end, 
All  who  on  thy  love  depend  ; 
Waft  our  happy  spirits  o'er ; 
Land  us  on  the  heavenly  shore. 

HYMN  445.     C.  M. 

The  Traveller's  Hymn. 

HOW  are  thy  servants  blest,  0  Lord  ! 
How  sure  is  their  defence ! 
Eternal  Wisdom  is  their  guide, 
Their  help  Omnipotence. 


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2  In  foreign  realms,  and  lands  remote, 

•     -  care, 
Thro'  burning  clim   - 

And  breathe  in  tainted  air. 

3  When  by  the  dreadful  tempest  borne 

High  on  the  broken  wave. 
They  know  thou  art  not  slow  to  hear, 
Nor  impotent  to  save. 

4  The  storm  is  laid,  the  winds  retire, 

Obedient  to  thy  will ; 
The  sea.  that  roars  at  thy  command, 
At  thy  command  is  still. 

5  In  midst  of  dangers,  fears,  and  deaths, 

Thy  goodness  we'll  adore  ; 
We'll  praise  thee  for  thy  mercies  past, 
And  humbly  hope  for  more. 

HYMN  440.     6  lines  6s. 
Watch  Night. 

HOW  many  pass  the  guilty  night 
In  revellmgs  and  frantic  mirth  ! 
The  creature  is  their  sole  delight. 

Their  happiness  the  things  of  earth  : 
For  us  suffice  the  season  j 
We  choose  the  better  part  at  last. 

2  We  will  not  close  our  wakeful  eyes, 
We  will  not  let  our  eyelids  sleep, 
But  humbly  lift  them  to  the  skies, 
And  all  a  solemn  vigil  keep  : 


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So  many  years  on  sin  bestow'd, 

Can  we  not  watch  one  night  for  God  ! 

3  We  can.  0  Jesus,  for  thy  sake, 

Devote  our  every  hour  to  thee  : 
Speak  but  the  word,  our  souls  shall  wake, 

And  sing  with  cheerful  melody  ; 
Thy  praise  shall  our  glad  tongues  employ, 
And  every  heart  shall  dance  for  joy. 

4  Oh.  may  we  all  triumphant  rise, 

With  joy  upon  our  heads  return, 
And  far  above  those  nether  skies, 

By  thee  on  eagles*  wings  upborne, 
Through  all  yon  radiant  circles  move, 
And  gain  the  highest  heaven  of  love  ! 

HYMN  447.     C.  M. 
The  scnne. 

TOIX,  all  ye  ransom'd  sons  of  grace, 
v    The  holy  joy  prolong, 

And  shout  to  the  Redeemer's  praise 
A  solemn  midnight  song. 

2  Blessing,  and  thanks,  and  love,  and  might 

Be  to  our  Jesus  given, 
"Who  turns  our  darkness  into  light, 
Who  turns  our  hell  to  heaven. 

3  Thither  our  faithful  souls  he  leads, 

Thither  he  bids  us  rise, 
With  crowns  of  joy  upon  our  heads, 
To  meet  him  in  the  skies. 


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HYMN  448.     C.  M. 

'•'There  is  forgiveness  ic;:h   thee,   that   thou 
mayest  be  feared.'' 

OUT  of  the  depth  of  self-despair. 
To  thee.  0  Lord.  I  cry ; 
My  misery  mark,  attend  my  prayer. 
And  bring  salvation  nigh. 

2  If  thou  art  rigorously  severe, 

Who  may  the  test  abide  ? 
Where  shall  the  man  of  sin  appear, 
Or  how  be  justified  ? 

3  But  0  forgiveness  is  with  thee, 

That  sinners  may  adore  ; 
With  filial  fear  thy  goodness  see, 
And  never  grieve  thee  more. 

4  My  soul,  while  still  to  Him  it  flies, 

Prevents  the  mornino-  ray  : 
0,  that  his  mercy  s  beams  would  rise, 
And  bring  the  gospel  day ! 

HYMN  449.     4  Gs  Sz  2  8s. 
A  song  of  Praise  to  the  blessed  Trinity. 

I  GIVE  immortal  pr; 
To  God  the  Father's  love, 
For  all  my  comforts  here, 
And  better  hopes  above  ! 
He  sent  his  own  eternal  Son. 
To  die  for  sins  that  man  had  done. 


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2  To  God  the  Son  belongs 

Immortal  glory  too, 
Who  bought  us  with  his  blood 

From  everlasting  wo  : 
And  now  he  lives,  and  now  he  reigns, 
And  sees  the  fruit  of  all  his  pains. 

3  To  God  the  Spirit's  name 

Immortal  worship  give, 
Whose  new-creating  power 

Makes  the  dead  sinner  live  ; 
His  work  completes  the  great  design, 
And  fills  the  soul  with  joy  divine. 

4  Almighty  God,  to  thee 

Be  endless  honors  done  ; 
The  undivided  Three, 
And  the  mysterious  One  : 
Where  reason  fails  with  all  her  powers, 
There  faith  prevails,  and  love  adores. 

HYMN  450.     CM. 

End  of  the  Righteous. 

BLEST  is  the  man  that  shuns  the  place 
Where  sinners  love  to  meet ; 
Who  fears  to  tread  their  wicked  ways, 
And  hates  the  scoffer's  seat : 

:  But  in  the  statutes  of  the  Lord 
Has  plac'd  his  chief  delight ; 
By  day  he  reads  or  hears  the  word, 
And  meditates  by  night. 


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3  He.  like  a  plant  of  gen'rous  kind. 

By  living  waters1  side, 
Safe  from  the  storms  and  blasting  wind, 
Shall  spread  his  branches  wide. 

4  Green  as  the  leaf,  and  fair  and  clear, 

Shall  his  profession  shine  ; 

While  fruits  of  holiness  appear, 

Like  clusters  on  the  vine. 

HYMN  4.51.     S.  M. 

The  Saint  Happy,  the  Sinner  Miserable. 

THE  man  is  ever  blest 
Who  shuns  the  sinners'  ways ; 
Who  in  their  counsels  doth  not  rest, 
Nor  takes  the  scorner's  place  : 

2  But  doth  God's  law  survey 
And  study  with  delight. 

Amidst  the  labors  of  the  day 
And  watches  of  the  night. 

3  He.  like  a  tree,  shall  thrive, 
With  waters  near  the  root : 

Fresh  as  the  leaf  his  name  shall  live, 
His  works  are  heav'nly  fruit. 

4  Xot  so  th'  ungodly  race  ; 
They  no  such  blessings  find  : 

Their  hopes,  like  chaff  from  threshing- 
place, 
Shall  fly  before  the  wind. 
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HYMN  452.     L.  M. 
God  the  Protector  of  the  Righteous. 

IN  thee,  0  Lord,  I  put  my  trust ; 
In  thee,  most  holy,  good  and  just : 
Defend  me  from  malignant  foe. 
And  let  me  thy  salvation  know. 

2  Tho*  num'rous  sins  thine  eyes  may  see, 
In  this  I'm  innocent  with  thee  : 

Then  turn  away  the  threatening  sword. 
And  vindicate  thy  servant.  Lord. 

3  For  ever,  Lord,  maintain  the  right, 
And  let  thy  justice  shine  forth  bright ; 
So  shall  thy  people  give  thee  praise, 
And  monuments  of  honor  raise. 

HYMN  453.     L.  M. 
Children  Praising  God. 
A  LMIGHTY  Ruler  of  the  skies, 
-A-  Through  the  wide  earth  is  spread  thy 

name  ; 
And  thine  eternal  glories  rise 

O'er  all   the  heavens   thy  hands  did 
frame. 

2  To  thee  the  voices  of  the  young 
A  monument  of  honor  raise  : 
And  babes,  with  uninstructed  tongue, 
Declare  the  wonders  of  thy  praise. 


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3  Thv  pow'r  assists  their  tender  age 

To  brinsr  proud  rebels  to  the  around  ; 
To  still  the  bold  blasphemer's  rage, 
all  their  policies  confound. 

4  Children  amidst  thy  temp] 

T     see  their  great  Redeemer's  face  ; 
The  Son  of  David  is  their  song, 
And  young"  hosannas  fill  the  place. 

HYMN  454.     C.  M. 
God  the  Confidence  of  the  Righteous. 

\ylTK  my  whole  heart  I'll  raise  my 
il  son  a  ; 

Thy  wondeis  I'll  proclaim: 
Thoi  _  fright  and  wrong, 

Wilt  put  my  i  -     me. 

2  Thee,gl  L  I'll  praise  and  bless! 

Thou  dost  prepare  thy  th. 
dge  the  world  in  righl 
And  make  thy  vengeance  known. 

3  Thou.  Lord,  wilt  safest  refnge  prove 

For  all  who  are  oppress'd, 

To  sruard  the  people  of  thy  love, 
And  give  the  weary  rest. 

4  The  men  who  know  thy  name  will  trust 

In  thy  abundant  grace, 
For  thou  didst  ne'er  forsake  the  just 
Who  humbly  sought  thy  face. 


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HYMN  455.     C.  M. 

The  E  Providence. 

YX7HEN  the  great  Judge,  supreme  and 
"  just. 

Shall  once  inquire  for  blood. 
The  humble  souls,  who  mourn  in  dust. 

Shall  find  a  faithful  God. 

2  He  from  the  dreadful  gates  of  death 

Does  his  own  children  r  is 
In  Zion's  gates,  with  cheerful  breath, 
They  sing  their  Father's  | 

3  By  thy  just  jud  :  o   ots,  >d, 

Are  thy  deep  counsels  known  : 
When  men  of  mischief  are  destroy'd, 
The  snare  mast  be  their  own. 

4  Rise,  great  Redeemer,  from  thy  seat. 

To  judge  and  save  the  poor ; 
Let  nations  tremble  Lit  thy  feet. 
And  man  prevail  no  more. 

HYMN  456.     C.  M. 
General  Corrupt  i  o  ?i  of  Ma  nners. 

HELP.  Lord  !   for  men  of  virtue  fail ; 
Religion  loses  ground : 
The  sons  of  violence  prevail. 
And  treacheries  abound. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


319 


2  Their  oaths  and  promises  they  break, 

Yet  act  the  flatt'rer's  part  ; 

With  fair,  deceitful  lips  they  speak, 
And  with  a  double  heart. 

3  Scoffers  appear  on  every  side, 

Where  a  vile  race  of  men 
Are  rais'd  to  seats  of  pow'r  and  pride, 
And  bear  the  sword  in  vain. 

4  Lord,  when  iniquities  abound. 

And  blasphemy  grows  bold  : 
When  faith  is  hardly  to  be  found, 
And  love  is  waxing  cold  ; 

5  Is  not  thy  chariot  hastening  on  ? 

Hast  thou  not  giv'n  the  sign  ? 
May  we  not  trust  and  live  upon 
A  promise  so  divine  ! 

HYMN  457.     L.  M. 
Hope  in  Darkn  ss 

HOW  long,  0  Lord,  shall  I  complain, 
Like  one  who  seeks  his  God  m  vain  ? 
Canst  thou  thy  face  for  ever  hide, 
And  I  still  pray  and  be  denied  I 

2  Shall  I  for  ever  be  forgot. 

As  one  whom  thou  regardest  not  ? 
Still  shall  my  soul  thine  absence  mourn, 
And  still  despair  ui  thy  return  ? 


350 


ADDITIONAL    HYMN'S. 


3  How  long  shall  my  poor,  troubled  breast, 
Be  with  these  anxious  thoughts  oppress'd, 
And  Satan,  my  -  foe, 
Rejoice  to  see  me  sink  so  low  ? 

4  Hear,  Lord,  and  grant  me  quick  relief, 
Before  my  death  conclude  my  grief ; 
If  thou  withhold  thy  heav'nly  light, 

I  sleep  in  everlasting  night. 

5  How  will  the  pow'rs  of  darkness  boast, 
If  but  one  praying  soul  be  lost ! 

But  I  have  trusted  in  thy  grace, 
And  shall  again  behold  thy  face. 

HYMN  458.     C.  M. 
Prayer  in  Temptation. 

HOW  long  wilt  thou  conceal  thy  face? 
My  God.  how  long  delay? 
When  shall  I  feel  those  heavenly  rays 
That  chase  my  fears  away  ? 

2  See  how  the  prince  of  darkness  tries 

All  his  malicious  arts  ! 
He  spreads  a  mist  before  my  eyes, 
And  throws  his  fiery  darts. 

3  Be  Thou  my  sun.  and  Thou  my  shield  ; 

My  soul  in  safety  keep  : 
Make  haste,  before  mine  eyes  are  seal'd 
In  death's  eternal  sleep. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMN'S. 


351 


4  Thou  will  display  that  sovereign  grace 

Where  all  my  hopes  have  hung  ; 
I  shall  employ  my  lips  in  praise. 
And  viet'ry  shall  be  sung  ! 

HYMN  459.     C.  M. 
Man's  Depravity. 

FOOLS  in  their  hearts  believe  and  ey, 
••  Religion  all  is  vain  ! 
There  is  do  God  who  reigns  on  high. 
Or  minds  th"  affairs  of  men  !" 

2  The  Lord,  from  his  celestial  place. 

Look'd  down  on  things  below. 
To  find  the  man  who  sought  his  grace 
Or  did  his  justice  know. 

3  By  nature  all  are  c-one  asl 

Their  practice  all  the  same  : 
There's  none  who  walk  in  God's  right 
way. 
There's  none  who  love  his  name. 

4  Their  tongues  are  used  to  speak  deceit, 

Their  slanders  never  cease  : 
How  swift  to  mischief  are  their  feet, 
Nor  know  the  paths  of  peace  ! 

5  Such  seeds  of  sin,  that  bitter  root, 

In  ev'ry  heart  are  found: 
Nor  can  they  bear  diviner  fruit, 
Till  grace  refine  the  ground. 


352 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


HYMN  460.     L.  M. 
Character  of  the  Righteous. 

WHO  shall  ascend  thy  heav'nly  place, 
Great  God,  and  dwell  before  thy 
face? 
The  man  who  minds  religion  now, 
And  humbly  walks  with  God  below. 

2  Whose  hands  are  pure,  whose  heart  is 

clean, 
Whose  lips  still  speak  the  things  they 

mean  ; 
No  slanders  dwell  upon  his  tongue  ; 
He  hates  to  do  his  neighbor  wrong. 

3  Firm  to  his  word  he  ever  stood , 
And  always  makes  his  promise  good; 
He  never  deals  in  bribing  gold, 

The  poor  oppressed  his  hands  uphold. 

4  He  loves  his  enemies,  and  prays 
For  those  who  curse  him  to  his  face  ; 
And  does  to  all  men  still  the  same 
That  he  from  them  would  hope  or  claim. 

HYMN  461.     CM. 

The  Heir  of  Heaven. 

HO  shall  inhabit  in  thy  hill, 


w 


O  God  of  holiness? 
Whom  will  the  Lord  admit  to  dwell 
Where  saints  his  name  confess  l 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


353 


2  The  man  who  walks  in  pious  ways 

And  works  with  pious  hands  : 
Who  on  his  Maker's  promise  stays. 
And  follows  his  commands. 

3  He  speaks  the  thing  his  heart  conceives, 

Nor  slanders  with  his  tongue  ; 
An  ill  report  he  scarce  believes, 
Nor  does  his  neighbor  wrong. 

4  Xo  wealthy  sinner  he  reveres  : 

Loves  all  who  fear  the  Lord ; 
And  though  to  his  own  hurt  he  swears, 
Still  he  performs  his  word. 

5  His  hands  a  golden  bribe  repel. 

And  never  gripe  the  poor  : 
This  man  with  God  on  earth  shall  dwell. 
And  find  his  heav'n  secure. 

HYMN  460.     L.  M. 

T¥7HEN  God  is  nigh  my  faith  is  strong ; 
1  1     His  arm  is  my  almighty  prop  ; 
Be  glad,  my  heart,  rejoice,  my  tongue, 
My  dying  11  rest  in  hope. 

2  Though  in  the  dust  I  lay  my  head. 

Yet.  gracious  Lord,  thou  wilt  not  leave 
My  body  always  with  the 

Nor  of  glad  hope  my  soul  bereave. 


354 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


3  My  flesh  shall  thy  first  call  obey, 

Shake  off  the  dust  and  rise  on  high  ; 
Then  shalt  thou  lead  the  wondrous  way 
Up  to  thy  throne  above  the  sky. 


N 


HYMN  463.     L.  M. 

Christ's  Sufferings. 
TOW  let  our  mournful  songs  record 


The  dying  sorrows  of  our  Lord, 
When  he  complained  in  tears  and  blood, 
As  one  forsaken  of  his  God. 

The  Jews  beheld  him  thus  forlorn, 
And  shook  their  heads  and  laugh'd  in 

scorn  ; 
"  He  rescued  others  from  the  grave, 
Now  let  him  try  himself  to  save." 

But  God,  his  Father,  heard  his  cry  ; 
Rais'd  from  the  dead,  he  reigns  on  high  ; 
The  nations  learn  his  righteousness, 
And  humble  sinners  taste  his  grace. 

HYMN  464.     7s. 
The  Resurrection. 

GUARD  me,  for  in  thee  I  trust, 
Lord,  most  holy,  fjood  and  just ; 
Thou,  on  earth  my  refuge  nigh  ; 
Thou,  my  heritage  on  high  ! 


. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


355 


2  Hence  my  heart  all  gladness  feels; 
Oft  my  tongue  thy  grace  reveals  ; 
And  my  flesh  in  hope  shall  n  st, 
Sure  to  dwell  with  all  the  blest  ! 

3  Ne'er  did  He.  thy  Holy  One, 
Laid  in  tomb  with  sealed  stone. 
Feel  corruption's  mould'ring  breath  ; 
But  He  burst  the  bonds  of  death  ! 

4  I  too.  Lord,  at  length  shall  rise, 
Flying:  upward  to  the  skies  ! 
Fullest  joy  thou  wilt  restore — 
Pleasures  pure,  for  evermore  ! 

HYMN  465.     S.  M. 

G o d '$  pe rft ct  Laic. 
THY  perfect  law.  0  Lord. 
J-    Resto.  ns  the  erring  soul ; 
The  testim«  i  ies  of  thy  word 
All  foolish  thoughts  control. 

2  Thy  statutes.  Lord,  are  right, 
And  fill  the  heart  with  joy  ; 

Thy  truth,  like  yonder  sun.  is  light, 
Outbeammg  on  the  eye. 

3  Thy  fear  from  sin  reclaims, 
And  ever  shall  endure  : 

Thy  judgments,  righteous  in  their  aims, 
True  reverence  insure. 

4  Lesspriz'd  is  finest  g-old, 
Or  diamond  from  the  mine  : 

Honey  most  pure  less  sweet  I  hold, 
Than  this  gotrd  word  of  thine. 


356 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


HYMN  466.     7s. 

God's  Works. 

LORD,  the  heau'ns  thy  pow'r  proclaim, 
Glitt'rmg  stars  announce  thy  name  ; 
Day  to  day  repeats  thy  praise, 
Night  to  night  thy  work  displays. 

2  They've  no  speech  of  thee  to  speak, 
Nor  doth  voice  deep  silence  break  ; 
Yet  distinctly  is  their  word 
Through  the  earth's  wide  circuit  heard. 

3  In  his  high  pavilion  bright, 
Dwells  the  sun  in  dazzling  light ; 
Whence  he  comes  in  bridegroom's  grace, 
And  like  strong  man  runs  his  race. 

4  Nought  escapes  his  blazing  eye, 
Nought  his  burning  heat  can  fly ; 
Emblem  faint  of  thee,  most  bright, 
Of  thy  glory  and  thy  might ! 

HYMN  4CT.     C.  M. 
Delight  in  the  House  of  God. 

HOW  did  my  heart  rejoice  to  hear 
My  friends  devoutly  say, 
44  In  Zion  let  us  all  appear, 
And  keep  the  solemn  day  !" 

2  I  love  her  gates,  I  love  the  road  ; 
The  church,  adorned  with  grace, 
Stands  like  a  palace  built  for  God, 
To  show  his  milder  face. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


35"; 


3  Up  to  h^r  courts,  with  joy  unknown. 

The  holy  tribes  repair  ; 
The  Son  of  David  holds  his  throne, 
And  sits  in  judgment  there. 

4  He  hears  our  praises  and  complaints ; 

And,  while  his  awful  voice 
Divides  the  sinners  from  the  saints, 
We  tremble  and  rejoice 

HYMN  468.     L.  M. 

Blessedness  of  worshipping    God    i?i   his 

Temple . 

HOW  pleasant,  how  divinely  fair, 
0  Lord  of  Hosts,  thy  dwellings  are  ! 
With  lone  desire  my  spirit  faints 
To  meet  th*  assemblies  of  thy  saints. 

2  My  rlesh  would  rest  in  thine  abode  ; 
My  panting  heart  cries  nut  for  God  : 
My  God.  my  Kino-,  why  should  I  be 
So  far  from  all  my  joys  and  thee  ? 

3  Blest  are  the  saints,  who  dwell  on  high, 
Around  thy  throne,  above  the  sky  ; 
Thy  brightest  glories  shine  above. 
And  all  their  work  is  praise  and  love. 

4  Blest  are  the  souls  who  find  a  place 
Within  the  temple  of  thy  grace  ; 
There  they  behold  thy  gentler  rays. 
And  seek  thy  face  and  learn  thy  praise, 


358 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS, 


HYMN  469.     C.  M. 
Deliglit  in  J  Tor  ship. 

I  LOVE  to  see  the  Lord  below  ; 
His  church  displays  his  grace  ; 
But  upper  worlds  his  glory  know, 
And  view  him  face  to  face. 

2  I  love  to  meet  him  in  his  court, 

And  taste  his  heavenly  love  ; 
But  still  his  visits  seem  too  short, 
Or  I  too  soon  remove. 

3  He  shines,  and  I  am  all  delight ; 

He  hides,  and  all  is  pain  : 
"When  will  he  fix  me  in  his  sight, 
And  ne'er  depart  again  I 

4  0  Lord.  I  love  thy  service  now  ; 

Thy  church  displays  thy  power ; 
But  soon  in  heaven  I  hope  to  bow, 
And  praise  thee  evermore. 

HYMN  470.     P.  M. 
Delight  in  the  House  of  God. 

HOW  pleased  and  blest  was  I 
To  hear  the  people  cry, 
';  Come,  let  us  seek  our  God  to-day  !" 
Yes,  with  a  cheerful  zeal, 
We  haste  to  Zion's  hill. 
And  there  our  vows  and  honors  pay. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


359 


2  Zion,  thrice  happy  place, 
Adorned  with  wondrous  grace. 

And   walls   of   strength    embrace   thee 
round  ; 
In  thee  our  tribes  appear, 
To  pray,  and  praise,  and  hear 

The  sacred  gospel's  joyful  sound. 

3  May  peace  attend  thy  gate, 
And  joy  within  thee  wait. 

To  bless  the  soul  of  every  guest  ; 

The  man  who  seeks  thy  peace, 

And  wishes  thine  increase, 
A  thousand  blessings  on  him  rest. 

4  My  tongue  repeats  her  tows, 
"  Peace  to  this  sacred  house  !" 

For  here  my  friends  and  kindred  dwell ; 

And,  since  my  glorious  God 

Makes  thee  his  blest  abode, 
My  soul  shall  ever  love  thee  well. 

HYMN  471.     C.  M. 

Homage  and  Devotion. 
"T  Y^ITH  sacred  joy  we  lift  our  eyes 
l  i     To  those  bright  realms  above, 
That  glorious  temple  in  the  skies, 
Where  dwells  eternal  Love. 

Before  the  gracious  throne  we  bow, 
Of  heaven's  almighty  King  ; 

Here  we  present  the  solemn  vow, 
And  hymns  of  praise  we  sing. 


360 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


3  0  Lord,  while  in  thy  house  we  kneel, 

With  trust  and  holy  fear, 
Thy  mercy  and  thy  truth  reveal, 
And  lend  a  gracious  ear. 

4  With  fervor  teach  our  hearts  to  pray, 

And  tune  our  lips  to  sing  ; 
Nor  from  thy  presence  cast  away 
The  sacrifice  we  bring. 

HYMN  472.     S.  M. 
Invitation  to  the  House  of  God. 

COME  to  the  house  of  prayer, 
0  thou  afflicted,  come  ; 
The  God  of  peace  shall  meet  thee  there  ; 
He  makes  that  house  his  home. 

2  Come  to  the  house  of  praise, 
Ye  who  are  happy  now  ; 

In  sweet  accord  your  voices  raise, 
In  kindred  homage  bow. 

3  Ye  aged,  hither  come, 
For  ye  have  felt  his  love  ; 

Soon  shall   your  trembling  tongues  be 
dumb, 
Your  lips  forget  to  move. 

4  Ye  young,  before  his  throne, 
Come,  bow  ;  your  voices  raise  ; 

Let  not  your  hearts  his  praise  disown 
Who  gives  the  power  to  praise. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS.  361 

HYMN  473.     C.  M. 

God  present  in  the  Sanctuary. 

MY  soul,  how  lovely  is  the  place 
To  which  thy  God  resorts ! 
'Tis  heaven  to  see  his  smiling  face, 
Though  in  his  earthly  courts. 

2  There  the  great  Monarch  of  the  skies 

His  saving  power  displays  ; 
And  light  breaks  in  upon  our  eyes 
With  kind  and  quickening  rays. 

3  With  his  rich  gifts  the  heavenly  Dove 

Descends  and  fills  the  place, 
While  Christ  reveals  his  wondrous  love, 
And  sheds  abroad  his  grace. 

4  There,  mighty  God,  thy  words  declare 

The  secrets  of  thy  will ; 
And  still  we  seek  thy  mercy  there, 
And  sing  thy  praises  still. 

HYMN  474.     C.  M. 

Thankful  Acknowledgment  of  God's   Good- 
ness. 

TTV HAT  shall  I  render  to  my  God, 
1  1     For  all  his  kindness  shown? 
My  feet  shall  visit  thine  abode, 
My  songs  address  thy  throne. 
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362 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


2  Among  the  saints  who  fill  thy  house, 

My  offering  shall  be  paid  ; 
There  shall  my  zeal  perform  the  vows 
My  soul  in  anguish  made. 

3  How  much  is  mercy  thy  delight, 

Thou  ever-blessed  God ! 
How  dear  thy  servants  in  thy  sight ! 
How  precious  is  their  blood  ! 

4  How  happy  all  thy  servants  are  ! 

How  great  thy  grace  to  me  ! 
My  life,  which  thou  hast  made  thy  care, 
Lord,  I  devote  to  thee. 

HYMN  475.     CM. 
A  Blessing  Sought. 

GREAT  Shepherd  of  thy  people,  hear ; 
Thy  presence  now  display  ; 
We  kneel  within  thy  house  of  prayer  ; 
0  give  us  hearts  to  pray. 

2  The  clouds   which  veil    thee  from  our 

In  pity,  Lord,  remove  :  [sight, 

Dispose  our  minds  to  hear  aright 
The  message  of  thy  love. 

3  Help  us,  with  holy  fear  and  joy. 

To  kneel  before  thy  face  ; 
O  make  us,  creatures  of  thy  power, 
The  children  of  thy  grace. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


363 


HYMN  476.     L.  M. 
Joij  of  Public  Worship. 

GREAT  God,  attend,  while  Zion  sings 
The   joy   that    from    thy   presence 
springs  : 
To  spend  one  day  with  thee  on  earth, 
Exceeds  a  thousand  days  of  mirth. 

2  Might  I  enjoy  the  meanest  place 
Within  thy  house.  0  God  of  grace, 
Xot  tents  of  ease,  nor  thrones  of  power, 
Should  tempt  my  feet  to  leave  thy  door. 

3  God  is  our  sun — he  makes  our  day  ; 
God  is  our  shield — he  guards  our  way 
Erom  all  th"  assaults  of  hell  and  sin ; 
From  foes  without  and  foes  within. 

4  All  needful  grace  will  God  bestow. 
And  crown  that  grace  with  glory  too  : 

He  gives  us  all  things,  and  withholds 
No  real  eood  from  upright  souls. 

HYMN  477.     L.  M. 
Devout  J  Tor  ship  of  God. 

PRAISE  waits  in  Zion.  Lord,  for  thee  ; 
Thy  saints  adore  thy  holy  name  : 
Thy  creatures  bend  th"  obedient  knee, 
And,  humbly,  thy  protection  claim. 


364 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


2  Thv  hand  has  raised  us  from  the  dust; 

The  breath  of  life  thy  Spirit  gave  ; 
Where,  hut  in  thee,  can  mortals  trust? 
Who,  but  our  God,  has  power  to  save? 

3  Eternal  source  of  truth  and  light, 

To  thee  we  look,  on  thee  we  call ; 
Lord,  we  are  nothing  in  thy  sight, 
But  thou  to  us  art  all  in  all. 

4  Still  may  thy  children  in  thy  word 

Their  common  trust  and  refuge  see ; 
0  bind  us  to  each  other,  Lord, 

By  one  great  tie, — the  love  of  thee. 

HYMN  478.     C.  M. 
The  Lord's  Day  .Morning. 

WHEX  the  worn  spirit  wants  repose, 
And  sighs  her  God  to  seek, 
How  sweet  to  hail  the  evening's  close, 
That  ends  the  weary  week  ! 

2  How  sweet  to  hail  the  early  dawn, 

That  opens  on  the  sight. 
When  first  that  soul-reviving  morn 
Sheds  forth  new  rays  of  light ! 

3  Sweet  day!  thine  hours  too  soon  will 

cease  ; 
Yet,  while  they  gently  roll, 
Breathe,  heavenly  Spirit,  source  of  peace, 
A  Sabbath  o'er  my  soul. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


365 


4  When  will  my  pilgrimage  be  done. 
The  world's  long  week  be  o'er, 
That  Sabbath  dawn,  which  needs  no  sun, 
That  dav,  which  fades  no  more  ? 


HYMN  479.     C.  M. 
Th c  Sa bbath  a  Type  of  lit  Liven. 

COME,  let  us  join,  with  sweet  accord, 
In  hymns  around  the  throne  ; 
This  is  the  day  our  rising  Lord 
Hath  made  and  called  his  own. 

2  This  is  the  day  which  God  hath  blest, 
The  brightest  of  the  seven. — 
A  type  of  that  eternal  rest 

Which  saints  enjoy  in  heaven. 

HYMN  480.     L.  M. 
Imp  ro  r  e  m  e  /<  /  of  th  e  Sa  bba  th . 

THIS  day  the  Lord  hath  called  his  own  ; 
0  let  us.  then,  his  praise  declare  ; 
Fix  our  desires  on  him  alone. 

And  seek  his  face  with  fervent  prayer. 

2  Lord,  in  thy  love  we  would  rejoice. 

Which  bids  the  burdened  soul  be  free, 
And,  with  united  heart  and  voice, 
Devote  these  sacred  hours  to  thee. 


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3  Now  let  the  world's  delusive  things 

No  more  our  grovelling  thoughts  em- 
ploy. 
But  Faith  be  taught  to  stretch  her  wings, 
In  search  of  heaven's  unfailing  joy. 

4  0  let  these  earthly  Sabbaths,  Lord, 

Be  to  our  lasting  welfare  blest ; 
The  purest  comfort  here  afford, 
And  fit  us  for  eternal  rest. 

HYMN  481.     L.  M. 

The  earthly  and  heavenly  Sabbath. 

THIXE    earthly   Sabbaths,  Lord,  we 
love  ; 
But  there's  a  nobler  rest  above  ; 
To  that  our  lonsfina-  souls  aspire, 
With  cheerful  hope  and  strong  desire. 

2  No  more  fatigue,  no  more  distress, 
Nor  sin,  nor  death,  shall  reach  the  place  ; 
No  groans  shall  mingle  with  the  songs 
Which  dwell  upon  immortal  tongues  ; — 

3  No  rude  alarms  of  angry  foes  ; 

No  cares,  to  break  the  long  repose ; 
No  midnight  shade,  no  clouded  sun, 
But  sacred,  high,  eternal  noon. 

4  0  long-expected  day,  begin  ; 

Dawn  on  these  realms  of  pain  and  sin  ; 
With  joy  we'll  tread  th'  appointed  road, 
And  sleep  in  death,  to  rest  with  God. 


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HYMN  482.     C.  M. 

The  Works  of  God  recounted  to  Posterity. 

LET  children  hear  the  mighty  deeds 
Which  God  performed  of  old, 
Which  in  onr  younger  years  we  saw, 
And  which  our  fathers  told. 

2  He  bids  us  make  his  glories  known, 

His  works  of  power  and  grace  ; 
And  we'll  convey  his  wonders  down 
Through  every  rising  race. 

3  Our  lips  shall  tell  them  to  our  sons. 

And  they  again  to  theirs, 
That  generations  yet  unborn 
May  teach  them  to  their  heirs. 

HYMN  483.     C.  M. 

God  seen   in  his    Works. 

THERE'S  not  a  star  whose  twinkling 
light 
Illumes  the  distant  earth, 
And  cheers  the  solemn  gloom  of  night, 
But  goodness  gave  it  birth. 

2  There's  not  a  cloud  whose  dews  distil 
Upon  the  parching  clod, 
And  clothe  with  verdure  vale  and  hill, 
That  is  not  sent  bv  God.- 


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3  There's  not  a  place  in  earth's  vast  round, 

In  ocean  deep,  or  air, 
"Where  skill  and  wisdom  are  not  found  ; 
For  God  is  every  where. 

4  Around,  beneath,  below,  above, 

Wherever  space  extends, 
There  Heaven  displays  its  boundless  love, 
And  power  with  goodness  blends. 

HYMN  4S4.     L.  M. 

Omnipresence  of  God. 
"VT7HERE  can  we  hide,  or  whither  fly, 
1  V     Lord,  to  escape  thy  piercing  eye? 
With  thee  it  is  not  day  and  night, 
But  darkness  shineth  as  the  light. 

2  Where'er  we  go,  whate'er  pursue, 
Our  ways  are  open  to  thy  view  ; 

Our  motives  read ,  our  thoughts  explored, 
Our  hearts  revealed  to  thee,  0  Lord. 

3  Is  there,  throughout  all  worlds,  one  spot, 
One  lonely  wild,  where  thou  art  not? 
The  hosts  of  heaven  enjoy  thy  care, 
And  those  of  hell  know  thou  art  there. 

4  Awake,  asleep,  where  none  intrude, 
Or  'midst  the  thronging  multitude, 
In  every  land,  on  every  sea, 

We  are  surrounded  still  with  thee, 


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HYMN  485.     L.  M. 
The  Resurrection. 
TT'HAT  sinners  value  I  resign  ; 
1 1     Lord,   'tis  enough   that   thou   art 
mine  ; 
I  shall  behold  thy  blissful  face, 
And  stand  complete  in  righteousness. 

2  This  life's  a  dream,  an  empty  show  ; 
But  the  bright  world,  to  which  I  go 
Hath  joys  substantial  and  sincere  : 
When  shall  I  wake  and  find  me  there? 

3  0  glorious  hour  !   0  blest  abode  ! 
I  shall  be  near  and  like  my  God  ; 
And  flesh  and  sin  no  more  control 
The  sacred  pleasures  of  the  soul! 

4  My  flesh  shall  slumber  in  the  ground 
Till  the  last  trumpet's  joyful  sound  ; 
Then  burst  the  chains  with  sweet  sur- 
prise. 

And  in  my  Saviour's  image  rise. 

HYMN  486.     L.  M. 

77/  e  Mess  tali's  Prayer  on  the  Cross. 

MY  God  !  my  God  !  my  sorrows  see  ! 
0,  why  hast  thou  forsaken  me  ? 
Why  is  not.  Lord,  thy  mercy  near! 
Why  dost  thou  turn  away  thine  ear l 


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2  I  hang  a  spectacle  of  scorn, 
The  Lamb  of  sacrifice  forlorn  ; 

My  foes  reproach  me  in  their  pride  : 
How  long  shall  all  this  grief  abide  1 

3  They  say,  "  He  trusted  on  the  Lord  ; 
Then  let  God  send  his  saving  word, 
Release  him  from  the  cross-beam 'd  tree, 
And  set  him  from  his  sorrows  free  !" 

4  Be  not  far  from  me,  0  my  God  ; 

1  sink  beneath  thy  smiting  rod ! 

With  bleeding  hands  and  bleeding  feet, 
Dying  for  men,  their  scorn  I  meet. 

HYMN  487.     S.  M. 
God's  tender  Care  of  his  People. 

THE  Lord  my  Shepherd  is, 
I  shall  be  well  supplied  ; 
Since  he  is  mine  and  I  am  his, 
What  can  I  want  beside? 

2  He  leads  me  to  the  place 
Where  heav'nly  pasture  grows  ; 

Where  living  waters  gently  pass, 
And  full  salvation  flows. 

3  If  e'er  I  go  astray, 

He  doth  my  soul  reclaim  ; 
And  guides  me  in  his  own  right  way, 
For  his  most  holy  name. 


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4  While  He  affords  his  aid, 

I  cannot  yield  to  fear  ; 
Though  I  should  walk  through  death's 
dark  shade, 

My  Shepherd's  with  me  there. 

HYMN  4SS.     7s. 
Jesus  Ascending. 

OYE  gates,  he  open'd  wide  ! 
Move,  perpetual  doors,  aside! 
Let  the  King  of  Glory  come  ! 
Him,  ye  angels,  welcome  home  ! 

2  Ask  ye,  "  Who's  this  glorious  king?  " 
Myriads  answer,  while  they  sing, 

"  Jesus,  conqueror  of  hell ! 
He,  before  whom  Satan  fell ! 

3  "He,  the  King  of  Glory  bright : 
Fountain  of  eternal  light ! 

Let  Him  enter  to  his  rest  : 
Shouting  say  ye,  '  Be  thou  blest !'  '* 

HYMN  489.     CM. 

Prayer  and  Hope. 

OOX  as  I  heard  my  Father  say, 
1  "  Ye  children,  seek  my  grace," 
My  heart  replied  without  delay, 
"'  I'll  seek  mv  Father's  face.'' 


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2  Let  not  thy  face  be  hid  from  me. 

Nor  frown  my  soul  away ; 
God  of  my  life,  I  fly  to  thee 
In  a  distressing  day. 

3  Should   friends  and   kindred,  near  and 

Leave  me  to  want,  or  die,  [dear, 

My  God  my  Saviour  will  appear, 
And  all  my  need  supply. 

4  Wait  on  the  Lord,  ye  trembling"  saints, 

And  trust,  still  fearing  nought ; 
He'll  raise  your  spirit  when  it  faints, 
And  far  exceed  your  thought. 

HYMN  490.     L.  M. 
Sickness  and  Sorrow  Removed. 

I  WILL  extol  thee,  Lord,  on  higrh ! 
At  thy  command  diseases  fly  ; 
"Who  but  a  God  can  speak  and  save 
From  the  dark  borders  of  the  grave  ? 

2  Sing  to  his  name,  ye  saints  below, 
And  tell  how  wide  his  mercies  flow  ; 
Let  all  your  pow'rs  exalt  the  Lord, 
While  you  his  holiness  record  ! 

3  His  anger  but  a  moment  stays  : 
His  love  is  life  and  length  of  days  : 
Though  grief  and  tears  the  night  employ, 
The  morning  star  restores  the  joy. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS.  373 

HYMN  491.     L.  M. 
Sickness  and  Recovery. 

FIRM  was'  my    health,  my  day   was 
j  lit. 
And  I  presum'd  'twould  ne'er  be  night: 
Fondly  I  said  within  my  heart. 
u  Pleasure  and  peace  shall  ne'er  depart.'' 

2  But  I  forgot  thine  arm  was  strong. 
Which  made  my  mountain  stand  so  long  ; 
Soon  as  thy  face  began  to  hide. 

My  health  was  gone,  my  comforts  died. 

3  I  cried  aloud  to  thee,  my  God. 

••  What  canst  thou  profit  by  my  blood  ! 

Deep  in  the  dust,  can  I  declare 

Thy  truth,  or  sing  thy  goodness  there  ! 

4  ••  Hear  me.  0  God  of  grace  !"  I  said. 

'•  And  bring  me  from  among  the  (lead !" 
Thy  word  rebuk'd  the  pains  I  felt. 
Thy  pard'ning  love  remov'd  my  guilt. '' 


M 


HYMN  49-2.     C.  M. 
Deliverance.from  > 

Y  heart  rejoices  in  thv  name. 


-JJ_  My  God.  my  help,  my  trust  : 
Thou  hast  preserv'd  my  face  from  shame, 
Mine  honor  from  the  dust. 


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2  Slander  and  fear,  on  ev'ry  side, 

Seiz'd  and  beset  me  round  ; 
I  to  the  throne  of  grace  applied, 
And  speedy  rescue  found. 

3  Thy  children  from  the  strife  of  tongues 

Shall  thy  pavilion  hide  ; 
Guard  them  from  infamy  and  wrongs, 
And  crush  the  sons  of  pride. 

4  Within  thy  secret  presence,  Lord, 

Let  rhe  for  ever  dwell ; 
No  city  wall'd,  with  watch  and  ward, 
Secures  a  saint  so  well ! 

HYMN  493.     C.  M. 
Pleading  icith  God  in  Trouble. 

IN  trouble,  Lord,  to  thee  I  pray ; 
My  sorrows  thou  dost  know  ; 
Mine  eye  with  grief  doth  waste  away, 
My  years  are  spent  in  wo. 

2  Reproach  and  slander  wound  my  heart, 

The  waves  of  anger  roll ; 
Yet,  Lord,  my  sin  hath  edg'd  the  dart 
Which  pierces  through  my  soul ! 

3  Still  do  I  trust  in  thee,  0  Lord  ; 

"  Thou  art  my  God  !"  I  say  ; 
O  let  me  know  thy  pard'ning  word, 
Thou  art  my  hope  and  stay  ! 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS.  OlD 

HYMN  494.     L.  M. 
Repcjitance,  Justification  and   Sanctifi cation. 

BLEST  is  the  man.  for  ever  blest. 
Whose  guilt  is  pardon' d  by  his  God  ; 
Whose  sins  with  sorrow  are  confessed, 
And  cover'dwith  his  Saviour's  blood. 

2  Blest  is  the  man  to  whom  the  Lord 

Imputes  not  his  iniquities  ; 
He  pleads  do  merit  of  reward. 

And  not  on  works  but  grace  relies. 

3  From  guile  his  heart  and  lips  are  free  ; 

His  humble  joy.  his  holy  fear, 
With  deep  repentance  well  agree. 
And  join  to  prove  his  faith  sincere. 

4  How  glorious  is  that  righteousness 

That  hides  and  cancels  all  his  sins, 
While  a  bright  evidence  of  grace 

Through  his  whole  life  appears  and 

shines  ! 

HYMN  495.     S.  M. 
Forgiveness  of  the  Penitent. 

0  BLESSED  souls  are  they 
Whose  sins  are  cover'd  o'er  ; 
To  whom  the  Lord  of  righteous  sway 
Imputes  their  guilt  no  more. 


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'J  They  mourn  their  follies  past. 
And  keep  their  hearts  with  care  ; 

Their  lips  and  lives,  in  virtue  east. 
Their  genuine  faith  declare. 

3  While  I  my  emit  conceal'd. 
I  felt  the  fest'ring  wound  ; 

Till  I  my  sins  to  Thee  reveal'd, 

And  ready  pardon  found. 

4  Let  sinners  learn  to  pray. 

Let  saints  keep  near  the  throne  : 
Our  help,  in  trouble's  dark  array. 
Is  found  m  God  alone  ! 

HYMN  496.     L.  M. 
lous  Educai 

CHILDREN  in  years  and  knowledge 
young, 

Your  parents'  hope,  your  parents'  joy, 
Attend  the  counsels  of  my  tongue. 
Let  pious  thoughts  your  minds  employ. 

2  If  you  desire  a  length  of  days. 

And  peace  to  crown  your  mortal  state, 
Restrain  your  feet  from  sinful  ways. 

Your  lips  from  slander  and  deceit. 

3  To  humble  souls  and  broken  h 

God,  with  his  grace,  is  ever  r.  _ 
Pardon  and  hope  his  love  imparts. 
When  men  in  deep  contrition  lie. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS.  3i   I 

HYMN  497.     S.  M. 

Advice  to  Youth. 

COME,  hearken  unto  me. 
Ye  children,  rnuch-lov'd  youth  ! 
Come,  learn  to  fear  God's  majesty, 
And  prize  his  changeless  truth. 

2  Long  life  do  ye  desire. 
And  good  without  alloy  1 

Then  keep  your  lips  from  guile  and  ire, 
And  spread  around  vou  joy. 

3  To  all  of  broken  heart 
The  God  of  love  is  nigh  : 

A  cheering  word  of  hope  t"  impart, 
And  chase  each  gloomy  sigh. 

4  And  though  afflictions  throng 
Around  the  o-ood  man's  head, 

Complaint  shall  yield  to  joyful  song, 
And  soon  all  wo  is  fled  ! 


HYMN  408.     C,  M. 

True  Religion. 

T1T7HY  do  the  wealthy  wicked  boast, 
1 1     And  grow  profanely  bold  I 
The  meanest  portion  of  the  just 
Excels  the  sinners  gold. 
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2  The  wicked  borrows  of  his  friends, 

But  ne'er  designs  to  pay  ; 

The  saint  is  merciful  and  lends, 

Nor  turns  the  poor  away. 

3  His  alms,  with  liberal  heart,  he  gives 

Among  the  sons  of  need  ; 
His  mem'ry  to  long  ages  lives, 
And  blessed  is  his  seed. 

4  The  law  and  gospel  of  the  Lord 

Deep  in  his  heart  abide  ; 
Led  by  the  Spirit  and  the  word, 
His  feet  shall  never  slide. 

HYMN  499.     L.  M. 
Shortness  of  Life. 

MAKE  me,  0  Lord,  mine  end  to  know ; 
My  life,  how  quickly  it  doth  flow ; 
That  I  my  frailty  may  perceive, 
And  in  thy  promises  believe. 

2  My  life  is  but  a  shadow  vain, 
That  quickly  passes  o'er  the  plain  ; 
And  all  my  time  is  nought  to  thee, 
Thou  God  of  vast  eternity  ! 

3  A  shad'wy  image,  Lord,  is  man  ; 
His  greatest  age  is  but  a  span  : 
In  vain  he  toils  in  heat  and  cold, 
Nor  knows  for  whom  he  lays  up  gold, 


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379 


4  My  hope.  0  Lord,  I  place  in  thee  ; 

0  pardon  mine  iniquity  : 

Hear.  0  my  God.  my  sad  complaint ; 
Beneath  thy  chast'mng  blow  I  faint. 

HYMN  500.     CM. 
The  Vanity  of  Man  as  Mortal. 

TEACH  me  the  measure  of  my  days, 
Thou  Maker  ot^  my  frame  : 

1  would  survey  life's  narrow  space. 

And  learn  how  frail  I  am. 

2  A  span  is  all  that  we  can  boast. 

An  inch  or  two  of  time  ; 
Man  is  but  vanity  and  dust. 
In  all  his  flow'r  and  prime. 

3  Some  walk  in  honor's  o-audv  show, 

Some  dig  for  golden  ore  : 
They  toil  for  heirs,  they  know  not  who, 
And  straight  are  seen  no  more. 

4  What  should  I  wish  or  wait  for,  then, 

From  creatures,  earth  and  dust ! 
They  make  our  expectations  vain, 
And  disappoint  our  trust. 

5  Now  I  forbid  my  carnal  hope, 

My  fond  desires  recal ; 
I  give  my  mortal  int'rest  up. 
And  make  mv  God  mv  all  ! 


380  ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 

HYMN  501.     CM. 

Prudence  and  Zeal. 

THUS  I  resolv'd  before  the  Lord, 
''  Now  will  I  watch  my  tongue, 
Lest  I  let  slip  one  sinful  word, 
Or  do  my  neighbor  wrong.'' 

2  If  I  am  e'er  constraint  to  stay 

With  men  of  lives  profane, 
I'll  set  a  double  guard  that  day, 
Nor  let  my  talk  be  vain. 

3  Yet  if  some  proper  hour  appear, 

I'll  not  be  overawed, 
But  let  the  scoffing-  sinners  hear 
That  I  can  speak  for  God  ! 


HYMN  502.     CM. 
Brevity  of  Life. 

TEACH,  Lord ,  the  measure  of  my  days, 
Their  end  disclose  to  me  : 
Thine  eye  my  feebleness  surveys, 
My  frailty  let  me  see  ! 

2  An  hand-breadth  is  my  narrow  age, 
My  life  a  passing  cloud ; 
How  vain  my  earthly  heritage  ! — 
A  coffin  and  a  shroud ! 


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381 


3  When  thou  on  sinful  man  dost  lay 

Thy  chast'ning  rod  of  wrath. 
His  beauty  is  consum'd  away, 
As  garment  by  the  moth. 

4  Spare  me.  0  Lord,  ere  I  shall  die. 

And  sojourn  here  no  more  ; 
But  fit  me  for  the  world  on  high, 
For  glory  evermore  ! 

HYMN  503.     L.  M. 
.1  Song  of  Deliverance. 

T  WAITED  patient  for  the  Lord, 
JL  He  bow'd  to  hear  my  cry  ; 
He  saw  me  wresting  on  his  word. 
And  brought  salvation  nigh. 

2  He  rais'd  me  from  a  horrid  pit. 

Where,  mourning,  long  I  lay  : 
And  from  my  bonds  releas'd  my  feet. 
Deep  bonds  of  miry  clay. 

3  Firm  on  a  rock  he  made  me  stand, 

And  taught  my  cheerful  tongue 
To  praise  the  wonders  of  his  hand. 
In  a  new  thankful  song. 

4  I'll  spread  his  works  of  grace  abroad  ; 

The  saints  with  joy  shall  hear  : 
And  sinners  learn  to  make  my  Grd 
Their  only  hope  and  fear. 


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HYMN  506.     L.  M. 

BLES 

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An:  :-r::.5  -...:.  iisTr::  _v.  :r.  run  . 

G.i  v.:-.;.  ::::v:r:r.v  ■*-■.:;  ^  rf-:  ! 


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ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


Forgive,  0  Lord,  my  selfish  heart; 

Enlarge  my  charity  and  zeal ; 
Thv  saving  pow'r  and  grace  impart, 

That  I  the  strength  of  love  may  feel  : 
Then  to  my  soul  shall  peace  be  given, 
And  I  shall  praise  thy  love  in  heaven  ! 

HYMN  507.     S.  M. 
The  Beneficent  Man. 

THAT  man  is  blest  indeed, 
To  whom  the  poor  are  dear  ; 
The  Lord,  in  his  sad  hour  of  need, 
Hii  Saviour  will  appear. 

2  When  stretch 'd  upon  the  bed 
Of  sickness  and  of  wo, 

The  Lord  his  mercies,  bounteous  spread, 
Shall  make  him  joyful  know  ! 

3  Thy  favor,  Lord,  to  me, 
Umvorthy,  still  extend ; 

Give  me  the  bliss  of  charity, 
Heaven's  glory  without  end  ! 

HYMN  508.     L.  M. 

Despondency  and  Hope  in  God. 

AS  pants  the  hart  for  water  brooks, 
So  pants,  0  God,  my  soul  for  thee ! 
To  thee  my  thirsty  spirit  looks  ; 
O,  when  shall  I  thy  presence  see? 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


385 


2  Why,  0  my  soul,  art  thou  cast  down? 

Why  this  disquiet  in  my  breast  ? 
Hope  thou  in  God  ;  for.  tho'  he  frown, 
His  grace  and  love  shall  make  thee 
blest  ! 

3  Where  mountains  rise,  and  torrents  flow, 

My  burden'd  soul  remembers  thee  ; 
By  Jordan's    stream,    'mid    Hermon's 
snow. 
When  waves  of  trouble  rush  o'er  me. 

4  Still,  Lord,  thy  goodness  cheers  my  day, 

And  in  the  night  thy  sons"  I  sing  ; 
In  thee  I  trust,  to  thee  I  pray  : 

To  thee,  my  Rock,  my  God,  my  King  ! 

5  Why,  0  my  soul,  art  thou  cast  down? 

Why  this  disquiet  in  my  breast  ? 
Hope  thou  in  God  ;  for,  tho'  he  frown, 
His  grace  and  love  shall  make  thee 
blest ! 

HYMN  509.     C.  M. 

Desertion  and  Hope. 
"T      ITH  earnest  |0jjgjugg  of  the  mind, 
m    My  God,  to  thee  Hook; 
So  pants  the  haunted  hart  to  find 
And  taste  the  cooling  brook. 
2  When  shall  I  see  thy  courts  of  grace, 
And  meet  my  God  again  ? 
So  long  an  absence  from  thy  face, 
My  heart  endures  with  pain. 


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3  Temptations  vex  my  weary  soul , 

And  tears  are  my  repast ; 
The  foe  insults  without  control, — 
"And  where's  your  God  at  last!" 

4  I'll  trust  in  God,  whose  mighty  hand 

Can  all  my  woes  remove  ; 
For  I  shall  yet  before  him  stand, 
And  sing  restoring  love  ! 

HYMN  510.     C.  M. 
God  a  Refuge  in  Trouble. 

JUDGE  me,  0  God  ;  maintain  my  right ; 
0  save  me  from  the  foe  ! 
Do  I  not  trust  thine  arm  of  might? 
Why,  then,  am  I  cast  low? 

2  0  send  thy  light  and  truth  to  me, 

To  lead  me  to  thy  hill, 
To  cheer  me  with  thy  promise  free, 
My  soul  with  joy  to  fill ! 

3  Then  to  thine  altar  with  delight, 

Where  oft  my  feet  have  trod, 

I'll  go  with  harp,  and  in  thy  sight 

Will  sing  thy  praise,  my  God  ! 

4  Why  art  thou,  0  my  soul,  cast  down? 

Why  do  thy  comforts  flee  ? 
Hope  thou  in  God  ;  for  tho'  he  frown. 
His  face  shall  beam  on  me  ! 


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[TIONAL    HY1 

HYMN  511.     L.  M. 

■  /  of  tht  Church. 
OD  is  the  refuge  of  his  saints, 


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When  storms  of  sharp  distress  invade; 
Ere  we  can  offer  our  complaints. 
Behold  him  present  with  his  aid. 

'2  Let  mountains  from  their  seats  he  hurl'd 
Down  to  the  deep  and  buried  there  ; 
Convulsions  shake  the  solid  world. 
Our  faith  shall  never  yield  to  fear  ! 

3  Loud  may  the  troubled  ocean  roar  ; 

In  sacred  peace  our  souls  abide, 
While  every  nation,  ev'ry  shore, 

Trembles  and  dread  the  swelling  tide. 

4  There  is  a  stream  whose  gentle  flow 

Supplies  the  city  of  our  God  : 
Life,  love  and  joy  still  gliding  throug-h, 
And  wat'rin?  our  divine  abode. 


HYMN  512.     Bs  &  7s. 
Zwn  Safe. 

LORD,  our  present  help  in  trouble, 
Refuge  to  the  weary  mind, 
We'll  not  fear  tho1  earth,  like  stubble, 
Flies  before  the  tempest  wind  : 


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2  Though  the  mighty  waves  of  ocean 

Shake  the  rock-built  mountains  down, 
And  the  hills,  in  wild  commotion, 
Sink  in  ocean's  depths  unknown. 

3  Is  there  not  a  gentle  river 

Gliding  onward,  cool  and  slow, 
Whose  refreshing  streams  deliver 
All  who  drink  from  thirst  and  wo  ? 

4  Zion  drinks  these  living  waters. 

Flowing  from  the  throne  on  high  : 
Zion's  faithful  sons  and  daughters ! 
Ye  shall  drink  in  yon  blue  sky  ! 

HYMN  513.     C.  M. 
Christ  Ascending  and  Reigning. 

OFOR  a  shout  of  sacred  joy 
To  God,  the  sov'reign  King  ! 
Let  ev'ry  land  their  tongues  employ, 
And  hymns  of  triumph  sing  ! 

2  Jesus,  our  God,  ascends  on  high  ; 

His  heav'nly  guards  around 
Attend  him,  rising  through  the  sky, 
With  trumpet's  joyful  sound  ! 

3  While  angels  shout  and  praise  their  King, 

Let  mortals  learn  their  strains  ; 
Let  all  the  earth  his  honors  sing  ; 
O'er  all  the  earth  he  reigns  ! 


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In  Israel  stood  his  ancient  throne, 
He  lov'd  that  chosen  race  ; 

But" now  he  calls  the  world  his  own, 
And  heathens  taste  his  grace. 


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HYMN  514.     L.  M. 
The  Voice  of  Nature. 

0  eagle  on  his  pinions  strong, 


Nor  warbling  nightingale  in  wood, 
Nor  scaly  fish,  nor  insect  throng, 

Nor  rlow'r  with  tint  of  sky  or  blood — 

2  Xo  shaggy  beast  in  forest  wide, 

No  crystal  in  its  rocky  bed, 
No  rippling  brook,  nor  stream  of  pride, 
Xo  cloud,  nor  star  in  silence  led — 

3  Father  of  all,  but  speaks  of  thee  ; 

Of  goodness,  skill,  and  pow'r  divine  ! 
Let  me  discern  thy  majesty 

In  all  these  wondrous  works  of  thine  ! 


HYMN  515.    C.  M. 

The  Glory  of  the  Church. 

TT7TTH  stately  tow'rs  and   bulwarks 
i  1     Unrivall'd  and  alone,  [strong, 

Lov'd  theme  of  many  a  sacred  song, 
God's  holv  citv  shone. 


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2  Thus  fair  was  Zion's  chosen  seat, 

The  glory  of  all  lands  ; 
Yet  fairer,  and  in  strength  complete. 
The  Christian  temple  stands  ! 

3  The  faithful  of  each  clime  and  age, 

This  glorious  church  compose; 
Built  on  a  rock,  with  idle  rage 
The  threatening  tempest  blows. 

4  In  vain  may  hostile  bands  alarm, 

For  God  is  her  defence  ; 
How  weak,  how  pow'rless  each  arm, 
Against  Omnipotence  ! 

HYMN  516.     C.  M. 
Prayer  for  the  Church. 

BE  merciful  to  us,  0  God  ; 
Upon  thy  people  shine  ; 
And  spread  thy  saving  truth  abroad, 
Till  all  that  live  be  thine. 

2  Give  light  and  comfort  to  thine  own  ; 

And  let  that  light  extend 
Till  thy  prevailing  name  be  known 
To  earth's  remotest  end. 

3  Let  all  the  people  praise  thee,  Lord  ; 

Let  all  their  homage  bring  ; 

From  sea  to  sea  be  thou  adored, 

Redeemer,  Judge,  and  King. 


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HYMN  517.     L.  M. 

Divine  Poicer  supplicated. 

WAKE,  all-conquering  Arm,  awake, 
And  Satan's  mighty  empire  shake  ; 
Assert  the  honors  of  thy  throne, 
And  make  this  ruined  world  thine  own. 

2  Thine  all-successful  power  display  ; 
Convert  a  nation  in  a  day ; 
Until  the  universe  shall  be 
But  one  great  temple,  Lord,  for  thee. 

HYMN  518.     L.  M. 

Divine  Poicev  supplicated. 

A  RM  of  the  Lord,  awake,  awake  ; 
ix  Put  on  thy  strength,  the  nations  shake ; 
Now  let  the  world,  adoring,  see 
Triumphs  of  mercy  wrought  by  thee. 

2  Say  to  the  heathen,  from  thy  throne, 
"I  am  Jehovah,  God  alone  :" 

Thy  voice  their  idols  shall  confound, 
And  cast  their  altars  to  the  ground. 

3  Let  Zion's  time  of  favor  come  ; 

0,  bring  the  tribes  of  Israel  home  : 
Soon  may  our  wandering  eyes  behold 
Gentiles  and  Jews  in  Jesus'  fold, 


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Almighty  God,  thy  grace  proclaim 
Through  every  clime,  of  every  name  ; 
Let  adverse  powers  before  thee  fall, 
And  crown  the  Saviour  Lord  of  all. 


o 


HYMN  519.     S.  M. 

Prayer  for  the  World. 
GOD  of  sovereign  grace, 


We  bow  before  thy  throne, 
And  plead,  for  all  the  human  race, 
The  merits  of  thy  Son. 

2  Spread  through  the  earth,  0  Lord, 
The  knowledge  of  thy  ways, 

And  let  all  lands  with  joy  record 
The  great  Redeemer's  praise. 

HYMN  520.     L.  M. 

Prayer  for  the  Heathen. 
OVEREIGN  of  worlds,  display  thy 


s 


O         power  ; 
Be  this  thy  Zion's  favored  hour  : 
0,  bid  the  morning  star  arise  ; 
0,  point  the  heathen  to  the  skies. 

2  Set  up  thy  throne  where  Satan  reigns, 
In  western  wilds  and  eastern  plains ; 
Far  let  the  gospel's  sound  be  known ; 
Make  thou  the  universe  thine  own. 


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3  Speak,  ancrthe  world  shall  hear  thy  voice; 
Speak,  and  the  desert  shall  rejoice  ; 
Dispel  the  gloom  of  heathen  night  ; 
Bid  every  nation  hail  the  light. 


HYMN  521.     L.  M. 

Diffusioji  of  Gospel  Light, 

fTlHOUGH  now  the  nations  sit  beneath 
J-  The  darkness  of  o'erspreading  death, 
God  will  arise  with  light  divine, 
On  Zion's  holy  towers  to  shine. 

That  light  shall  beam  o'er  distant  lands, 
And  heathen-tribes,  in  joyful  bands, 
Come  with  exulting  haste  to  prove 
The  power  and  greatness  of  his  love. 

Lord,  spread  the  triumphs  of  thy  grace  ; 
Let  truth,  and  righteousness,  and  peace, 
In  mild  and  lovely  forms,  display 
The  glories  of  the  latter  day. 

HYMN  522 .     Ss  &  7s. 

Desiring  Christ's  Triumph. 

OTHOU  Sun  of  glorious  splendor, 
Shine  with  healing  in  thy  wing-; 
Chase  away  these  shades  of  darkness; 
Holv  light  and  comfort  bring. 
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2  Let  the  heralds  of  salvation 

Round  the  world  with  joy  proclaim, 
"Death  and  hell  are  spoiled  and  van- 
quished 
Thro?  the  great  Immanuers  name." 

3  Take  thy  power,  almighty  Saviour; 

Claim  the  nations  for  thine  own  ; 
Reign,  thou  Lord  of  life  and  glory, 
Till  each  heart  becomes  thy  throne. 

4  Then  the  earth,  o'erspread  with  glory, 

Decked  with  heavenly  splendor  bright, 
Shall  be  made  Jehovah's  dwelling — 
As  at  first,  the  Lord's  delight. 

HYMN  5-23.     6s,  7s,  &  4s. 
Prayer  for  the  Heathen. 

O'ER  the  realms  of  pagan  darkness 
Let  the  eye  of  pity  gaze  ; 
See  the  kindreds  of  the  people 
Lost  in  sin's  bewildering  maze  ; 

Darkness  brooding 
O'er  the  face  of  all  the  eartii. 

2  Light  of  them  that  sit  in  darkness, 

Rise  and  shine  ;  thy  blessing  bring: 
Light  to  lighten  all  the  Gentiles, 
Rise  with  healing  in  thy  wing  : 

To  thy  brightness 
Let  all  kings  and  nations  come. 


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3  May  the  heathen,  now  adoring 

Idol  gods  of  wood  and  stone, 
Come,  and,  worshipping  before  him, 
Serve  the  living  God  alone  : 

Let  thy  glory 
Fill  the  earth  as  floods  the  sea. 

4  Thou,  to  whom  all  power  is  given. 

Speak  the  word :  at  thy  command, 
Let  the  company  of  heralds 

Spread  thy  name  from  land  to  land  ; 

Lord,  be  with  them. 
Alway.  to  the  end  of  time. 

HYMN  524.     L.  M. 

The  Missionary  charged  and  encouraged. 
lO.  messenger  of  peace  and  love. 


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To  people  plunged  in  shades  of  night, 
Like  angels  sent  from  fields  above. 
Be  thine  to  shed  celestial  light. 

2  On  barren  rock  and  desert  isle. 

Go,  bid  the  rose  of  Sharon  bloom  ; 
Till  arid  wastes  around  thee  smile. 
And  bear  to  heaven  a  sweet  perfume. 

3  Go  to  the  hungry — food  impart; 

To  paths  of  peace  the  wanderer  guide, 
And  lead  the  thirsty,  panting  heart 
Where  streams  of  living  water  glide. 


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4  Go,  bid  the  bright  and  morning  star 

From  Bethlehem's  plains  resplendent 
shine, 
And,  piercing  through  the  gloom  afar, 
Shed  heavenly  light  and  love  divine. 

5  0,  faint  not  in  the  day  of  toil, 

When  harvest  waits  the  reaper's  hand; 
Go,  gather  in  the  glorious  spoil, 
And  joyous  in  his  presence  stand. 

6  Thy  love  a  rich  reward  shall  find 

From  Him  who  sits  enthroned  on  high  ; 
For  they  who  turn  the  erring  mind 
Shall  shine  like  stars  above  the  sky. 

HYMN  525.     7s. 
The  Messengers  of  God. 

GO,  ye  messengers  of  God  ; 
Like  the  beams  of  morning,  fly ; 
Take  the  wonder-working  rod ; 
Wave  the  banner-cross  on  high. 

fc2  Go  to  many  a  tropic  isle, 
In  the  bosom  of  the  deep, 
Where  the  skies  for  ever  smile, 
And  th'  oppressed  for  ever  weep. 

3  O'er  the  pagan's  night  of  care 
Pour  the  living  light  of  heaven  ; 
Chase  away  his  wild  despair ; 
Bid  bim  bope  to  be  forgiven. 


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4  Where  the  golden  gates  of  day 
Open  on  the  palmy  east. 
High  the  bleeding  cross  display. 
Spread  the  gospel's  richest  feast. 

HYMN  526.     7s. 
The  Latter  Day. 

HASTEN,  Lord,  thy  promised  hour; 
Come  in  glory  and  in  power  : 
Still  thy  foes  are  unsubdued  ; 
Nature  sighs  to  be  renewed. 

2  Time  has  nearly  reached  its  sum  ; 

All  things,  with  thy  bride,  say,  8|  Come, 
Jesus,  whom  all  worlds  adore, 
Come,  and  reign  for  evermore." 

HYMN  527.     L.  M. 
The  Vanity  of  Riches. 

THEY  who  in  riches  put  their  trust. 
And  boast  of  treasures  in  the  dust, 
Not  one  can  save  his  brother's  soul, 
Not  one  death's  terrors  can  control. 

2  By  their  own  names  they  call  their  lands, 
And  think  their  house  for  ever  stands  ; 
Yet  are  they  like  the  beasts  who  die, 
And  sudden  in  the  grave  thev  lie. 


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3  Then  envy  not  the  worldly  great, 
In  conscious  pride  of  wealth  elate  ; 
For,  sleeping  in  their  narrow  bed, 
They  lie  forgotten  with  the  dead. 

4  My  God,  with  grace  and  power  to  save, 
Will  sure  redeem  me  from  the  grave  ; 
Then  to  my  soul  there  shall  be  given, 
Th*  unmeasurd,  endless  good  of  heav'n ! 

HYMN  528.     S.  M. 
Dangerous  Prosperity  :    Prayer 

LET  sinners  choose  the  road 
That  leads  them  down  to  death, 
But  in  the  worship  of  my  God 
I'll  spend  my  daily  breath. 

2  My  thoughts  address  his  throne, 
When  morning  brings  the  light ; 

I  seek  his  blessing  every  noon, 
And  pay  my  vows  at  night. 

3  Thou  wilt  regard  my  cries, 
0  my  eternal  God, 

While  sinners  perish  in  surprise 
Beneath  thine  angry  rod. 

4  Because  they  dwell  at  ease, 
And  no  sad  changes  feel, 

They  will  not  seek  thee,  Lord,  to  please, 
Nor  learn  to  do  thy  will. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


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HYMN  529.     L.  M. 
The  Creation  of  the  World. 
OD  spake,  and  from  chaotic  night 


At  once  sprung  forth  the  cheering 
light ; 

The  earth  in  beauty  was  arrayed, 

All  things  his  wondrous  pow'r  display'd. 

2  Teeming  with  life,  air,  earth  and  sea, 

Obey  tlr  Almighty's  high  decree  ; 
To  every  tribe  he  gives  their  food, 
Then  speaks  the  whole  divinely  good. 

3  But  to  complete  the  wondrous  plan, 

From  earth  and  dust  he  fashions  man  ; 
In  man  the  last,  in  man  the  best, 

The  Maker's  image  stands  confess'd. 

4  Lord,  while  thy  glorious  works  I  view, 

Form  thou  my  heart  and  soul  anew  ; 
Here  bid  thy  purest  light  to  shine, 
And  beauty  glow  with  charms  divine. 

HYMN  530.     C.  M. 

The  Creation. 

THE  God  of  nature  and  of  grace 
In  all  his  works  appears  ; 
His  goodness  thro'  the  earth  we  trace, 
His  grandeur  in  the  spheres. 


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2  Behold  this  fair  and  fertile  globe, 

By  him  in  wisdom  planned  ; 
'Twas  he  who  girded  like  a  robe, 
The  ocean  round  the  land. 

3  In  ev'ry  stream  his  bounty  flows, 

Diffusing  joy  and  wealth  ; 
In  ev'ry  breeze  his  Spirit  blows, 
The  breath  of  life  and  health. 

4  His  blessings  fall  in  plenteous  showers 

Upon  the  face  of  earth, 
That  teems  with  foliage,  fruit  and  flowers, 
And  rings  with  infant  mirth. 

5  If  God  hath  made  this  world  so  fair, 

Where  sin  and  death  abound, 
How  beautiful  beyond  compare 
Will  paradise  be  found  ! 

HYMN  531.     CM. 

Creation  and  Redemption. 

THY  hand,  0  Lord,  hath  spread  the 
Most  glorious  to  behold  ;  [sky, 

Ting'd  with  the  blue  of  heav'nly  dye, 
And  starr'd  with  sparkling  gold. 

2  Thy  glories  blaze  all  nature  round, 
And  strike  the  gazing  sight 
Thro'  skies,  and  seas,  and  solid  ground, 
With  terror  and  delight. 


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3  But.  Lord,  the  wonders  of  thy  grace 
Beam  on  as  from  above  ; 
Mercy  divine  in  Jesus'  face 
We  see,  adore  and  love  ! 

HYMN  532.     L.  M. 
The  Atonement  of  Christ. 
"  rrpIS  finish'd  !'?  so  the  Saviour  cried. 
JL    And  meeklv  bow'd  his  head  and 
died! 
11  ?Tis  finish'd  !" — yes.  the  race  is  run, 
The  battle  fought,  the  vict'ry  won. 

2  "  'Tis  finish'd  !"  Aaron  now  no  more 
Must  stain  his  robes  with  purple  gore  : 
The  sacred  veil  is  rent  in  twain, 

The  Jewish  rites  no  more  remain. 

3  "  "Tis  finish'd!" — yes,  his  dying  groan 
Shall  sins  of  er'ry  kind  atone  ; 
Millions  shall  be  redeem'd  from  death, 
By  Jesus'  last  expiring  breath. 

4  "  ?Tis  finish'd  !" — Heav'n  is  reconcil'd, 
And  all  the  pow'rs  of  darkness  spoiled: 
Peace,  love  and  happiness,  again 
Return  and  dwell  with  sinful  men. 

5  "  "Tis  finish'd  !" — let  the  joyful  sound 
Be  heard  through  all  the  nations  round  : 
•■  'Tis  finish'd  !" — let  the  echo  rly    [sky. 
Thro'  heav'n  and  bell,  thra'  earth  and 


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HYMN  533.     C.  M. 

God's  eternal  Dominion. 

GREAT  God  !  how  glorious  art  thou  ! 
What  worthless  worms  are  we  ! 
Let  the  whole  race  of  creatures  bow, 
And  pay  their  praise  to  thee  ! 

2  Thy  throne  eternal  ages  stood, 

Ere  starry  skies  were  spread  ; 
Thou  art  the  ever-living  God, 
Were  all  the  nations  dead. 

3  Created  things  all  naked  lie 

To  thine  immense  survey, 

From  the  uprearing  of  the  sky 

To  the  great  burning  day. 

4  Eternity,  with  all  its  years, 

Stands  present  in  thy  view  ; 
To  thee,  Lord,  nothing  old  appears; 
To  thee  there's  nothing'  new ! 


HYMN  534.     7s. 
Prayer  for  a  Blessing  on  public  Worship. 
fN  thy  house  when  now  we  sing, 


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Tune  our  hearts,  0  heavenly  King ! 
Then  our  joyful  souls  shall  bless 
Thee,  the  Lord,  our  Righteousness  •! 


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403 


2  While  to  Thee  our  pray'rs  ascend, 
Let  thine  ear  in  love  attend  : 
Hear  us.  for  thy  Spirit  pleads  : 
Hear, — for  Jesus  intercedes  ! 

3  While  we  hear  thy  word  with  awe, 
While  we  tremble  at  thy  law. 

Let  thy  gospel's  wondrous  love 
Ev'ry  doubt  and  fear  remove. 

4  From  thy  house  when  we  return, 
Let  our  hearts  within  us  burn  : 
This,  at  evening-,  we  shall  say. — 

"  We  have  walk'd  with  God  to-dav 


t  n 


HYMN  535.     C.  M. 

The  good  Seed. 

LET  not  of  Christ  and  man  the  foe, 
Thv  holy  truth  remove  ; 
In  ev'ry  heart.  Lord,  let  it  grow, 
To  bring  forth  fruits  of  love  ! 

2  Let  not  the  cares  of  this  vain  world 

The  rising  plant  destroy, 
But  let  it  yield  a  hundred  fold 
The  fruits  of  peace  and  joy. 

3  Xor  let  thy  word, — which,  if  we  hear, 

Will  raise  us  to  thy  throne, — 
Eeturn  to  thee,  and  witness  bear, 
That  we  reject  thy  Son. 


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4  Oft  as  the  sower  spreads  the  seed, 
Thy  quickening  grace  bestow  ; 
That  all  who  to  thy  truth  take  heed, 
Its  saving  pow'r  may  know  ! 

HYMN  536.     L.  M. 
The  Sabbath. 

THINE   earthly   Sabbaths,  Lord,  we 
love, 
But  there's  a  nobler  rest  above  ; 
To  that  our  longing  souls  aspire, 
With  ardent  love  and  strong  desire. 

2  In  thy  blest  kingdom  we  shall  be 
From  ewry  mortal  trouble  free  ; 

No  groans  shall  mingle  with  the  songs 
Which  warble  from  immortal  tongues. 

3  0,  long  expected  day,  begin  ! 
Dawn  on  this  world  of  wo  and  sin  : 
Fain  would  we  leave  this  weary  road, 
To  sleep  in  death  and  rest  in  God ! 

HYMN  537.     C.  M. 
The  same. 

SWEET  is  the  dawn  of  holy  day, 
Hallow'd,  of  old,  to  rest; 
All  worldly  cares  now  put  away, 
Our  joys  are  pure  and  blest. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


405 


9  TV  Almighty  said,  "  Let  there  be  light," 
And  straight  the  light  was  seen ; 
All  nature  stood  forth  fair  and  bright, 
The  earth  in  living  green  ! 

3  Creation  ended,  then  he  said, 

"  Let  Sabbath  peace  return  : 
While  beauty  o'er  the  earth  is  spread, 
While  glorious  sun  shall  burn." 

4  An  emblem  of  the  day  sublime. 

Whose  beams  shall  still  delight, 
When  ended  is  the  course  of  time. 
In  heav'nly  glory  bright ! 

HYMN  538.     C.  M. 
The  Lord's  Day. 
A  XD  now  another  week  begins, 
ix  This  day  we  call  the  Lord's  : 
This  day  he  rose  who  bore  our  sins, 
He  who  his  friends  rewards. 

2  Hark  !   how  the  angels  sweetly  sing  ! 

Their  voices  fill  the  sky  ; 
They  hail  their  great,  victorious  King, 
And  welcome  him  on  high. 

3  We'll  catch  their  notes  :  we  too  will  sing 

Of  Christ,  our  risen  Lord  : 
Of  Christ,  the  everlasting  King; 
Of  Christ,  the  incarnate  Word. 


406 


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4  Hail,  mighty  Saviour!  thee  we  hail! 
High  on  thy  throne  above  ; 
E'en  when  our  heart  and  flesh  shall  fail, 
We'll  sing  thy  matchless  love  ! 

HYMN  539.     C.  M. 

Coronation  of  Christ. 
4  LL  hail  the  pow'r  of  Jesus'  name  ! 
XI.  Let  angels  prostrate  fall ! 
Brinff  forth  the  royal  diadem. 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all ! 

2  Crown  him.  ye  martyrs  of  our  God, 

Who  from  his  altar  call ; 
Extol  the  stem  of  Jesse's  rod, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all ! 

3  Ye  chosen  seed  of  Israel's  race, 

Ye  ransom'd  from  the  fall, 
Hail  him  who  saves  you  by  his  grace, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all ! 

4  Let  ev'ry  kindred,  ev'ry  tribe, 

Of  this  wide  earthly  ball, 
To  him  all  majesty  ascribe, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all ! 

5  0  that  with  yonder  holy  throng 

We  at  his  feet  may  fall ; 

There  join  the  everlasting  song, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all ! 


ADDITIONAL    HY.MNS. 


407 


HYMN  540.     L.  M. 

The  Divinity  and  Humanity  of  Christ. 

I^RE  the  blue  heav'ns  were  stretched 
-J         abroad, 
From  everlasting  was  the  Word  ; 
With  God  he  was — the  Word  was  God, 
And  must  divinely  be  ador"d. 

2  By  his  own  pow'r  were  all  things  made  ; 
By  him  supported,  all  things  stand  ; 
He  is  the  whole  creation's  head, 

And  angels  fly  at  his  command. 

3  But  lo,  his  heav'nly  form  he  leaves  : 
The  Word  descends  and  dwells  with  clay; 
The  form  of  men  he  now  receives, 
Dress'd  in  such  feeble  flesh  as  they. 

4  Archangels  leave  their  high  abode 
To  learn  new  mysteries  here,  and  tell 
The  love  of  our  descending  God, 
The  glories  of  Immanuel ! 

HYMN  541.     S.  M. 
Nativity  of  Christ, 

THE  angel  hosts  appear 
O'er  Bethl'hem's  honor'd  plain, 
While  thus  the  wond 'ring  shepherds  hear 
The  heav'nly,  rapt'rous  strain  : 


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2  "  Glory  to  God  on  high, 
And  heav'nly  peace  on  earth  ; 

Good  will  to  men,  to  angels  joy, 
At  the  Redeemer's  birth  !" 

3  In  worship  so  divine 

Let  saints  employ  their  tongues  ; 
With  the  celestial  host  we  join, 
And  loud  repeat  their  songs  : 

4  "  Glory  to  God  on  high, 
And  heav'nly  peace  on  earth  ; 

Good  will  to  men,  to  angels  joy, 
At  our  Redeemer's  birth  !" 

HYMN  542.     S.  M. 
Transfiguration. 

JESUS  the  mount  ascends, 
He  goes  up  there  to  pray ; 
A  brightness  that  all  light  transcends, 
Then  beam'd  a  tenfold  day  ! 

2  Celestial  forms  appear, 
Array 'd  in  purest  white, 

And  speak  with  him  of  sufferings  near, 
And  death  from  Jewish  spite. 

3  The  scene  fills  them  with  dread, 
And  o'er  the  apostles'  eyes 

A  bright  and  fearful  cloud  is  spread, 
O'ermantling  all  the  skies. 


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409 


4  Out  of  that  cloud  is  given 

A  voice  from  God  above  : 
"  Behold,  this  is  my  Son  from  heaven  ; 

Him  hear,  0  men.  and  love  !" 

HYMN  543.     S.  M. 

The  .It  one  meat  of  Christ. 

LIKE  sheep  we  went  astray. 
And  broke  the  fold  of  God  ; 
Each  wand'ring  in  a  different  way. 
But  all  the  downward  road. 

2  How  dreadful  was  the  hour 
When  God  our  wand'rings  laid, 

And  did  at  once  his  vengeance  pour 
Upon  the  Shepherd's  head  ! 

3  How  glorious  was  the  grace 
When  Christ  sustain *d  the  stroke  ! 

His  life  and  blood  the  Shepherd  pays 
A  ransom  for  the  flock. 

4  His  honor  and  his  breath 
Were  taken  both  away — 

Join'd  with  the  wicked  in  his  death, 
And  made  as  vile  as  they. 

5  "I'll  give  him."  saith  the  Lord, 
"A  portion  for  the  strong  ; 

He  shall  possess  a  large  reward, 
And  hold  his  honors  lone." 
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410 


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HYMN  544.     L.  M. 
Miracles  and  Resurrection  of  Christ. 

BEHOLD,  the  blind  their  sight  receive ! 
Behold,  the  dead  awake  and  live  ! 
The  dumb  speak  wonders,  and  the  lame 
Leap  like  the  hart  and  bless  his  name. 

2  Thus  doth  th'  eternal  Spirit  own 
And  seal  the  mission  of  the  Son  ; 
The  Father  vindicates  his  cause, 
While  he  hangs  bleeding  on  the  cross. 

3  He  dies  :  the  heav'ns  in  mourning  stood  ! 
He  rises,  and  appears  a  God  ! 
Behold  the  Lord  ascending  high, 

No  more  to  bleed,  no  more  to  die  ! 

4  Hence  and  for  ever  from  my  heart 
I  bid  my  doubts  and  fears  depart ; 
And  to  those  hands  my  soul  resign, 
Which  bear  credentials  so  divine  ! 


HYMN  545.     7s. 
Ascension  of  Christ. 

ANGELS  !  roll  the  rock  away  ! 
Death  !  yield  up  the  mighty  prey ! 
See  !  the  Saviour  leaves  the  tomb, 
Glowing  with  immortal  bloom  ! 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


Ill 


2  Shout,  ye  seraphs  !     Gabriel,  raise 
Loudest  trump  of  joyful  praise  ! 
Let  the  earth's  remotest  bound 
Echo  to  the  rapt'rous  sound  ! 

3  Now.  ye  saints,  lift  up  your  eyes  ! 
See  him  rising  to  the  skies  : 
King  of  Glory  !   mount  thy  throne, 
Boundless  empire  is  thine  own. 

4  Praise  him.  ye  celestial  choirs! 
Praise,  and  sweep  your  golden  lyres! 
Praise  him  in  the  noblest  songs. 
From  ten  thousand  thousand  tongues  ! 

HYMN  546.     7s. 
Christ's  Resurrection. 

HARK  !  the  herald  angels  say, 
Christ,  the  Lord,  is  ris'n  to-day  ! 
Raise  your  joys  and  triumphs  high. 
Let  the  glorious  tidings  fly. 

2  Love's  redeeming  work  is  done  ! 
Th'  battle's  fought,  the  vict'ry  won  ! 
Lo  !  the  sun's  eclipse  is  o'er  ; 

Lo  !  he  sets  in  blood  no  more  ! 

3  Vain  the  stone,  the  seal,  the  guard  ! 
Christ  the  gloomy  gates  unbarr'd  : 
Death  in  vain  forbids  his  rise  ; 
Christ  has  open'd  paradise. 


412 


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4  Lives  again  our  glorious  King  ! 

"  Where,  O  death,  is  now  thy  sting?" 

Once  he  died  our  souls  to  save  ; 

"  Where's  thy  vict'ry,  boasting  grave  ?" 

HYMN  547.     L.  M, 

The  Priesthood  of  Christ. 

BLOOD  has  a  voice  to  pierce  the  skies  ; 
"  Revenge,"  the  blood  of  Abel  cries  : 
But  the  dear  stream,  when  Christ  was 
slain,  [vein. 

Speaks  "Peace"  as  loud  from   ev'ry 

2  Pardon  and  peace  from  God  on  high  ; 
Behold,  he  lays  his  vengeance  by  ; 
And  rebels,  who  deserve  his  sword, 
Become  the  fav'rites  of  the  Lord. 

3  To  Jesus  let  our  praises  rise, 
Who  gave  his  life  a  sacrifice  ; 
Now  he  appears  before  our  God, 
And  for  our  pardon  pleads  his  blood. 

HYMN  548.     L.  M. 

Christ  Living. 

THE  Saviour  lives,  no  more  to  die  ; 
The  Saviour  lives,  enthron'd  on  high: 
He  lives,  triumphant  o'er  the  grave; 
He  lives,  eternally  to  save. 


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413 


2  The  Saviour  lives,  to  wipe  the  tear ; 
The  Saviour  lives,  to  quell  all  fear; 
He  lives,  bright  mansions  to  prepare  ; 
He  lives,  to  bring  his  servants  there. 

3  Ye  mourning  souls,  dry  up  your  tears  ; 
Dismiss  your  gloomy  doubts  and  fears ; 
Let  cheerful  hope  your  hearts  revive, 

.  For  Christ,  the  Lord,  is  yet  alive. 

4  His  saints  he  loves  and  never  leaves ; 
The  contrite  sinner  he  receives  ; 
Abundant  grace  will  he  afford, 

Till  all  are  present  with  the  Lord. 

HYMN  549.     CM. 

The  Fountain  Opened. 
HMHERE  is  a  fountain  fill'd  with  blood, 
J-    Drawn  from  Immanuel's  veins  ; 
And  sinners,  plung'd  beneath  that  flood, 
Lose  all  their  guilty  stains. 

2  The  dying  thief  rejoic'd  to  see 

That  fountain  in  his  day; 
And  there  have  I,  as  vile  as  he, 
Wash'd  all  my  sins  awTay. 

3  Dear  dying  Lamb,  thy  precious  blood 

Shall  never  lose  its  power, 
Till  all  the  rattsom'd  church  of  God 
Be  sav'd  to  sin  no  more. 


414 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


4  Ere  since  by  faith  I  saw  the  stream 

Thy  flowing  wounds  supply, 
Redeeming  love  has  been  my  theme, 
And  shall  be  till  I  die. 

5  Then,  in  a  nobler,  sweeter  song, 

I'll  sing  thy  pow'r  to  save, 
When    this    poor   lisping,    stamm'ring 
Lies  silent  in  the  grave.  [tongue 

HYMN  550.     C,  M. 

Looking  at  the  Cross. 

MY  Saviour,  hanging  on  the  tree, 
In  agony  and  blood, 
Methought  once  turn'd  his  eyes  on  me, 
As  near  his  cross  I  stood. 

2  Sure  never  till  my  latest  breath, 

Can  I  forget  that  look  ; 
It  seem'd  to  charge  me  with  his  death, 
Though  not  a  word  he  spoke. 

3  My  conscience  felt  and  own'd  the  guilt, 

And  plung'd  me  in  despair; 

I  saw  my  sins  his  blood  had  spilt, 

And  help'd  to  nail  him  there ! 

4  A  second  look  he  gave,  which  said 

"  I  freely  all  forgive  : 
This  blood  is  for  thy  ransom  paid  ; 
I  die  that  thou  mayst  live  !" 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS.  415 

HYMN  551.     L.  M. 

Christ's  Invitation. 

COME,  all  ye  weary  and  unblest ; 
Ye  heavy  laden  sinners,  come  ! 
From  all  your  toils  I'll  give  you  rest, 
And  raise  you  to  my  heavenly  home. 

2  "  They  shall  find  rest  who  learn  of  me  ; 

I'm  of  a  meek  and  lowly  mind  ; 
But  passion  rages  like  the  sea, 
And  pride  is  restless  as  the  wind. 

3  "  Bless* d  is  the  man  whose  shoulders 

take 
My  yoke,  and  bear  it  with  delight ; 
My  yoke  is  easy  to  his  neck, 
My  grace  shall  make  the  burden  light." 

4  Jesus,  we  come  at  thy  command, 

With  faith,  and  hope,  and  grateful  love : 
We  yield  our  spirits  to  thy  hand, 
To  mould  us  for  thy  house  above ! 

HYMN  552.     C.  M. 
The  Brazen  Serpent. 

THE  Hebrew  prophet  raisM  of  old 
The  brazen  serpent  high  ; 
And  all  the  wounded  who  behold, 
Cease  to  despond  and  die  ! 


416 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


2  "  Look  upward  in  the  dying  hour 

And  live,"  the  prophet  cries; 

But  Christ  exerts  a  nobler  pow'r, 

When  Faith  lifts  up  her  eyes. 

3  High  on  the  cross  the  Saviour  hung ! 

High  in  the  heav'ns  he  reigns  ! 
Here  sinners,  by  th'  old  serpent  stung, 
Look  and  forget  their  pains. 

4  When  God?s  own  Son  is  lifted  high, 

A  dying  world  revives  ; 
The  Jew  beholds  redemption  nigh, 
Th'  expiring  Gentile  lives  ! 

HYMN  553.     8s,  7s  &  4. 

The  Mis$io7iary'$  Farewell. 

T"ES,  my  native  land,  I  love  thee  ; 
JL    All  thy  scenes,  I  love  them  well ; 
Friends,  connections,  happy  country, 
Can  I  bid  you  all  farewell  ? 

Can  I  leave  you, 
Far  in  heathen  lands  to  dwell  ? 

2  Home,  thy  joys  are  passing  lovely — 
Joys  no  stranger-heart  can  tell  : 
Happy  home,  indeed  I  love  thee  : 
Can  I,  can  I  say,  "  Farewell  "1 

Can  I  leave  thee, 
Far  in  heathen  lands  to  dwell l 


ADDITIONAL    HYMN'S. 


417 


3  Scenes  of  sacred  peace  and  pleasure, 

Holy  days  and  Sabbath  bell. 
Richest,  brightest,  sweetest  treasure, 
Can  I  say  a  last  farewell  ? 

Can  I  leave  you, 
Far  in  heathen  lands  to  dwell ! 

4  Yes,  I  hasten  from  you  gladly — 

From  the  scenes  I  loved  so  well : 
Far  away,  ye  billows,  bear  me  : 
Lovely,  native  land,  farewell : 

Pleased  I  leave  thee, 
Far  in  heathen  lands  to  dwell. 

HYMN  554.     Ts. 

Report  of  the  Watchman. 

WATCHMAN  !  tell  us  of  the  night, 

i  I     What  its  signs  of  promise  are. 
Traveller!  o'er  yon  mountain's  height, 
See  that  glory-beaming  star. 

2  Watchman  !  does  its  beauteous  ray 

Aught  of  hope  or  joy  foretell  ? 
Traveller  !  yes  ;  it  brings  the  day, 
Promised  day  of  Israel. 

3  Watchman  !  tell  us  of  the  night ; 

Higher  yet  that  star  ascends. 
Traveller  !  blessedness  and  light, 
Peace  and  truth,  its  course  portends- 


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4  Watchman  !  will  its  beams  alone 

Gild  the  spot  that  gave  them  birth? 
Traveller !  ages  are  its  own  ; 
See,  it  bursts  o'er  all  the  earth. 

5  Watchman  !  tell  us  of  the  night. 

For  the  morning  seems  to  dawn. 

Traveller !  darkness  takes  its  flight ; 

Doubt  and  terror  are  withdrawn. 

6  Watchman  !  let  thy  wanderings  cease  ; 

Hie  thee  to  thy  quiet  home. 
Traveller  !  lo  !  the  Prince  of  Peace, 
Lo  !  the  Son  of  God,  is  come. 

HYMN  555.     L.  M. 
Subjection  of  the  Nations  to  Christ  prayed  for. 

SOON  may  the  last,  glad  song  arise, 
Through  all  the  myriads  of  the  skies — 
That  song  of  triumph  which  records 
That  all  the  earth  is  now  the  Lord's. 

2  Let  thrones,  and  powers,  and  kingdoms,  be 
Obedient,  mighty  God,  to  thee  ; 

And  over  land,  and  stream,  and  main, 
Now  wave  the  sceptre  of  thy  reign. 

3  0,  let  that  glorious  anthem  swell ; 
Let  host  to  host  the  triumph  tell, 
That  not  one  rebel  heart  remains, 
But  over  all  the  Saviour  reigns. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


419 


HYMN  55$.     P.  M. 
Millennium  Hymn. 

ISLES  of  the  south,  awake! 
The  song  of  triumph  sing  ; 
Let  mount,  and  hill,  and  vale, 
With  hallelujahs  ring : 
Shout,  fox  the  idol's  overthrown, 
And  Israel's  God  is  God  alone. 

2  Wild  wastes  of  Afric,  shout! 

Your  shackled  sous  are  free  ; 
No  mother  wails  her  child 
'Neath  the  banana-tree  : 
No  slave-ship  dashes  on  thy  shore  ; 
The  clank  of  chains  is  heard  no  more. 

3  Shout,  vales  of  India,  shout ! 

No  funeral  tires  blaze  high  ; 
No  idol  song  rings  loud. 

As  rolls  the  death-car  by  : 
The  banner  of  the  cross  now  waves 
^Yhere  Christian  heralds  made  their  graves. 

4  Shout,  rocky  hills  of  Greece  ! 

The  crescent  head  lies  low  ; 
No  Moslem  rlin^s  his  chain 
Around  the  Christian  now  ; 
But  Greek  and  Moslem  join  in  one 
To  praise  the  Saviour,  God  the  Son. 


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5  Shout,  hills  of  Palestine  ! 

Have  you  forgot  the  groan, 
The  spear,  the  thorn,  the  cross, 

The  wine-press  trod  alone, 
The  dying  prayer  that  rose  from  thee, 
Thou  garden  of  Gethsemane  ? 

6  Hail,  glad  millennial  day  ! 

0,  shout,  ye  heavens  above! 
To-day  the  nations  sing 

The  song,  redeeming  love  : 
Redeeming  love  the  song-  shall  be  : 
Hail,  blessed  year  of  jubilee  ! 


HYMN  557.     8s,  7s  &  4. 
Zion  encouraged. 

Oy  the  mountain's  top  appearing, 
Lo  !  the  sacred  herald  stands, 
Welcome  news  to  Zion  bearing — 
Zion,  long  in  hostile  lands  : 

Mourning  captive, 
God  himself  will  loose  thy  bands. 

2  Has  thy  night  been  long  and  mournful? 
Have  thy  friends  unfaithful  proved  ! 
Have  thy  foes  been  proud  and  scornful, 
By  thy  sighs  and  tears  unmoved  1 

Cease  thy  mourning; 
Zion  still  is  well  beloved. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


421 


3  God.  thy  God,  will  now  restore  thee  ; 

He  himself  appears  thy  Friend  ; 
All  thy  foes  shall  flee  before  thee  ; 
Here  their  boasts  and  triumphs  end  : 

Great  deliverance 
Zion's  Kin?  will  surely  send. 

4  Peace  and  joy  shall  now  attend  thee  ; 

All  thy  warfare  now  be  past  : 
God  thy  Saviour  will  defend  thee  ; 
Victory  is  thine  at  last : 

All  thy  conflicts 
End  in  everlasting  rest. 

HYMN  558.     L.  M. 

Glory  of  the  latter  Day. 

ARISE,  arise  ;  with  joy  survey 
The  glory  of  the  latter  day  : 
Already  is  the  dawn  begun 
Which  marks  at  hand  a  rising  sun. 

2  "Behold  the  way,"  ye  heralds,  cry  ; 
Spare  not,  but  lift  your  voices  high  ; 
Convey  the  sound  from  pole  to  pole, 
"  Glad  tidings  ''  to  the  captive  soul. 

3  "  Behold  the  way  to  Zion's  hill, 
Where  Israel's  God  delights  to  dwell: 
He  fixes  there  his  lofty  throne, 

And  calls  the  sacred  place  his  own.'' 


422 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


4  The  north  gives  up  ;  the  south  no  more 
Keeps  back  her  consecrated  store  ; 
From  east  to  west  the  message  runs, 
And  either  India  yields  her  sons. 

HYMN  559.     L.  M. 

Zion  encouraged. 

5f  ION,  awake  ;  thy  strength  renew  ; 
J  Put  on  thy  robes  of  beauteous  hue  ; 
Church  of  our  God,  arise  and  shine, 
Bright  with  the  beams  of  truth  divine. 

2  Soon  shall  thy  radiance  stream  afar, 
Wide  as  the  heathen  nations  are ; 
Gentiles  and  kings  thy  light  shall  view ; 
All  shall  admire  and  love  thee  too. 


HYMN  560.     L.  M. 
Missionary  Meeting. 

ASSEMBLED  at  thy  great  command, 
Before  thy  face,  dread  King,  we  stand: 
The  voice  that  marshalled  every  star 
Has  called  thy  people  from  afar. 

2  We  meet  thio'  distant  lands  to  spread 
The  truth  for  which  the  martyrs  bled  ; 
Along  the  line — to  either  pole — 
The  anthem  of  thy  praise  to  roll. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


423 


3  Our  prayers  assist ;  accept  our  praise  ; 
Our  hopes  revive  ;  our  courage  raise  ; 
Our  counsels  aid  ;  to  each  impart 
The  single  eye,  the  faithful  heart. 

4  Forth  with  thy  chosen  heralds  come  ; 
Recall  the  wandering  spirits  home  : 
From  Zion's  mount  send  forth  the  sound, 
To  spread  the  spacious  earth  around. 

HYMN  561.     7s  &  6s. 

Success  of  the  Gospel. 

THE  morning  light  is  breaking  ; 
The  darkness  disappears ; 
The  sons  of  earth  are  waking 

To  penitential  tears  : 
Each  breeze  that  sweeps  the  ocean 

Brings  tidings  from  afar 
Of  nations  in  commotion, 
Prepared  for  Zion?s  war. 

2  Rich  dews  of  grace  come  o'er  us, 

In  many  a  gentle  shower, 
And  brighter  scenes  before  us 

Are  opening-  every  hour  : 
Each  cry.  to  heaven  going, 

Abundant  answers  brings, 
And  heavenly  gales  are  blowing, 

With  peace  upon  their  wings. 


424 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


3  See  heathen  nations  bending 

Before  the  God  we  love, 
And  thousand  hearts  ascending 

Tn  gratitude  above  : 
While  sinners,  now  confessing, 

The  gospel  call  obey, 
And  seek  the  Saviour's  blessing, — 

A  nation  in  a  day. 

4  Blest  river  of  salvation, 

Pursue  thy  onward  way  ; 
Flow  thou  to  every  nation, 

Nor  in  thy  richness  stay  : 
Stay  not  till  all  the  lowly 

Triumphant  reach  their  home  : 
Stay  not  till  all  the  holy 

Proclaim,  "  The  Lord  is  come." 


HYMN  5G2.     L.  M. 
A  Blessing  implored. 

HERE,  in  thy  name,  eternal  God, 
We  build  this  earthly  house  for  thee; 
0,  choose  it  for  thy  fixed  abode, 
And  guard  it  long  from  error  free. 

2  Here,  when  thy  people  seek  thy  face, 
And  dying  sinners  pray  to  live, 
Hear  thou ,  in  heaven,  thy  dwelling-place, 
And  when  thou  hearest,  Lord,  forgive. 


ADDITIONAL 


425 


3  Here,  when  thy  r  proclaim 

The  b]   ss    :.  g  >spel  ol  thy  Son, 
Still  by  the  power  of  his  great  name 
Be  mighty  signs  and  wonders  done. 

4  When  children's  3  rais    the  song, 

Hosanna  !  to  their  heavenly  King, 
Let  heaven  with  earth  the  strain  prolong; 
Hosanna  !  let  the  angels  si   g 

HYMN  563.     L.  M. 
A  House  for  God. 
"TT^HERE  shall  we  go  to  seek  and  find 

H     A  habitation  for  our  God  l 
A  dwelling  for  th'  Eternal  Mind 

Dg  the  sons  of  flesh  and  blood  ! 

2  The  God  of  Jacob  chose  the  hill 

Of  Zion  for  his  ancient  rest  ; 
And  Zioo  is  liis  dwelling  still  ; 

His  c  3  v  3  pi  sence  blest. 

3  Here  will  he  meet  the  hungry  poor. 

And  rill  their  souls  with  living  bread  ; 
Here  sinners,  waiting  at  his  door. 
With  sweet  provision  shall  be  fed. 

4  "  Here  will  I  fix  my  gracious  throne. 

And  reign  for  ever."  saith  the  Lord  ; 

••Here  shall  my  power  and  love  be  known, 

And  blessings  shall  attpnd  mv  word." 


426 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


HYMN  564.     L.  M. 

The  Temple  of  Nature. 

THE  perfect  world,  by  Adam  trod, 
Was  the  first  temple,  built  by  God  ; 
His  fiat  laid  the  corner-stone  ; 
He  spake,  and,  lo !  the  work  was  done. 

2  He  hung  its  starry  roof  on  high, 
The  broad  expanse  of  azure  sky  ; 

He  spread  its  pavement,  green  and  bright, 
And  curtained  it  with  morning  light. 

3  The  mountains  in  their  places  stood, 
The  sea,  the  sky  ;  and  all  was  good  ; 
And  when  its  first  pure  praises  rung, 
The  morning  stars  together  sung. 

4  Lord,  'tis  not  ours  to  make  the  sea, 
And  earth,  and  sky,  a  house  for  thee  ; 
But  in  thy  sight  our  offering  stands, 
An  humble  temple,  built  with  hands. 

HYMN  565.     L.  M. 

A  Pastor  ic  el  coined. 

"\YTE  bid  thee  welcome  in  the  name 
y  y    Of  Jesus,  our  exalted  Head  ; 
Come  as  a  servant :  so  he  came ; 
And  we  receive  thee  in  his  stead. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMN'S. 


427 


2  Come  as  a  shepherd  :  guard  and  keep 

This  fold  from  Satan  and  from  sin  ; 

Nourish  the  lambs,  and  feed  the  sheep  ; 

The  wounded  heal,  the  lost  bring  in. 

3  Come  as  a  watchman  :  take  thy  stand 

Upon  thy  tower  on  Zion's  height  ; 
And  when  the  sword  comes  on  the  land. 
Warn  us  to  fly,  or  teach  to  fight. 

4  Come  as  an  angel,  hence  to  guide 

A  band  of  pilgrims  on  their  way  ; 
That,  safely  walking  at  thy  side, 
We  never  fail,  nor  faint,  nor  stray. 

HYMN  566.     C.  M. 

A  Hymn  for  a  Maternal  Association. 

GREAT  God,  we  would  to  thee  make 
known 
Each  fond,  maternal  care  : 
Eor  this  we  gather  round  thy  throne, 
And  bring  our  children  there. 

2  We  ask  not  wealth,  long  life,  nor  fame, 

Nor  aught  the  world  can  give  ; 
May  they  but  glorify  thy  name, 
And  to  thy  honor  live. 

3  This  is  the  burden  of  our  prayer — 

When  from  our  bosoms  riven, 

May  they  be  objects  of  thy  care, 

And  heirs,  at  last,  of  heaven. 


428 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


HYMN  567.     7s. 

Prayer  for  the  Salvation  of  Children, 

OD  of  mercy,  hear  our  prayer 


6' 


For  the  children  thou  hast  given  ; 
Let  them  all  thy  blessings  share — 
Grace  on  earth  and  bliss  in  heaven. 

2  In  the  morning  of  their  days 

May  their  hearts  be  drawn  to  thee  ; 
Let  them  learn  to  lisp  thy  praise 
In  their  earliest  infancy. 

3  When  we  see  their  passions  rise, 

Sinful  habits  unsubdued, 
Then  to  thee  we  lift  our  eyes, 

That  their  hearts  may  be  renewed. 

4  Cleanse  their  souls  from  every  stain, 

Thro'  the  Saviour's  precious  blood  ; 
Let  them  all  be  born  again, 
And  be  reconciled  to  God. 


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HYMN  568.     C.  M. 

Prayer  for  Children's  Conversion. 

LORD,  behold  us  at  thy  feet, 


A  needy,  sinful  band  ; 
As  suppliants  round  thy  mercy-seat, 
We  come  at  thv  command. 


ADDITIONAL 


429 


2  'Tis  for  our  children  we  would  plead, 

The  offspring  thou  hast  given  ; 

Where  shall  we  go,  in  time  of  need, 
But  to  the  God  of  heaven  ! 

3  We  ask  not  for  them  wealth  or  fame, 

Amid  the  worldly  str 
But.  in  the  all-prevailing-  Name, 
We  ask  eternal  life. 

4  We  seek  the  Spirit's  quickening  grace, 

To  make  them  pure  in  heart. 
That  they  may  stand  before  thy  face, 
And  see  thee  as  thou  ait. 

HYMN  5*9.     CM. 
Parental   Soli c dude. 

HOW  can  we  see  the  children.  Lord, 
In  love  whom  thou  hast  given, 
Remain  regardless  of  thy  word. 
Without  a  hope  of  heaven  ! 

2  How  can  we  see  them  tread  the  path 

That  leads  to  endless  death. 
Thus  adding  to  thy  fearful  wrath. 
With  every  moment's  breath? 

3  Lord,  hear  the  parents'  earnest  cry, 

And  save  our  children  dear  : 
Now  send  thy  Spirit  from  on  high, 
And  rill  them  with  thy  fear. 


430 


ADDITIONAL    Hi'M.VS. 


4  0.  make  them  love  thy  holy  law, 
And  joyful  walk  therein  : 
Their  hearts  to  new  obedience  draw  ; 
Save  them  from  every  sin. 

HYMN  570.     S.  M. 

Christ  blessing  Children. 

THE  Saviour  kindlv  calls 
Our  children  to  his  breast  ; 
He  folds  them  in  his  gracious  arms  ; 
Himself  declares  them  blest. 

2  "  Let  them  approach,''  he  cries, 
"  Xor  scorn  their  humble  claim  ; 

The  heirs  of  heaven  are  such  as  these  ; 
For  such  as  these  I  came.*' 

3  With  joy  we  brine  them,  Lord, 
Devotinsr  them  to  thee, 

Imploring  that,  as  we  are  thine, 
Thine  may  our  offspring  be. 

HYMN  571.     S.  M. 

Prayer  for  Offspring. 

GREAT  God,  now  condescend 
To  bless  our  nsinp-  race ; 
Soon  may  their  willing  spirits  bend, 
The  subjects  of  thy  grace. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


431 


2  0,  what  a  pure  delight 
Their  happiness  to  see  ' 

Our  warmest  wishes  all  unite 
To  lead  their  souls  to  thee. 

3  0,  grant  thy  Spirit,  Lord, 
Their  hearts  to  sanctify ; 

Remember  now  thy  gracious  word  : 
Our  hopes  on  thee  rely. 

4  Draw  forth  the  melting  tear, 
The  penitential  sigh  ; 

Inspire  their  hearts  with  faith  sincere, 
And  fix  their  hopes  on  high. 

HYMN  572.     CM. 

Public  Humiliation. 

LORD,  look  on  all  assembled  here, 
Who  in  thy  presence  stand, 
To  offer  up  united  prayer 
For  this  our  sinful  land. 

2  0,  may  we  all,  with  one  consent, 

Fall  low  before  thy  throne, 
With  tears  the  nation's  sins  lament, 
The  church's,  and  our  own. 

3  And  should  the  dread  decree  be  past, 

And  we  must  feel  the  rod, — 
Let  faith  and  patience  hold  us  fast 
To  our  correcting  God. 


43-2 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS- 


HYMN  573.     C.  M. 

Relief  from  national  Judgments  implored. 
ORD,  thou  hast  scourged  our  guilty 


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Behold,  thy  people  mourn  ;     [land  ; 
Shall  vengeance  ever  guide  thy  hand, 
And  mercy  ne'er  return  ! 

2  Our  Zion  trembles  at  thy  stroke, 

And  dreads  thy  lifted  hand  ; 
O,  heal  the  people  thou  hast  broke, 
And  spare  our  guilty  land. 

3  Then  shall  our  loud  and  grateful  voice 

Proclaim  our  guardian  God, 
The  nations  round  the  earth  rejoice, 
And  sound  thy  praise  abroad. 


HYMN  574.     L.  M. 
The  Joy  in  Harvest. 

GREAT  God,  as  seasons  disappear, 
And  changes  mark  the  rolling  year, 
Thy  favor  still  doth  crown  our  days, 
And  we  would  celebrate  thy  praise. 

2  Our  tables  spread,  our  garners  stored, 
0,  give  us  hearts  to  bless  thee.  Lord ; 
Forbid  it,  Source  of  light  and  love, 
That  hearts  and  lives  should  barren  prove> 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


433 


3  Another  harvest  comes  apace  : 
Mature  our  spirits  by  thy  grace, 
That  we  may  calmly  meet  the  blow 
The  sickle  gives  to  lay  us  low  ; — 

4  That  so,  when  angel  reapers  come 
To  gather  sheaves  to  thy  blest  home, 
Our  spirits  may  be  borne  on  high 
To  thy  safe  garner  in  the  sky. 

HYMN  575.     C.  M. 

A  Harvest  Hymn. 

FOUNTAIN"  of  mercy,  God  of  love, 
How  rich  thy  bounties  are ! 
The  rolling  seasons,  as  they  move, 
Proclaim  thy  constant  care. 

2  When  in  the  bosom  of  the  earth 

The  sower  hid  the  grain, 
Thy  goodness  marked  its  secret  birth, 
And  sent  the  early  rain. 

3  The  spring's  sweet  influence,  Lord,  was 

The  plants  in  beauty  grew  ;      [thine  ; 
Thou  gav'st  refulgent  suns  to  shine, 
And  gav'st  refreshing  dew. 

4  These  various  mercies  from  above 

Matured  the  swelling  grain  ; 
A  kindly  harvest  crowns  thy  love, 
And  plenty  fills  the  plain. 


434 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


HYMN  576.     CM. 

Prayer  for  our  Country. 

LORD,  while  for  all  mankind  we  pray, 
Of  every  clime  and  coast, 
0,  hear  us  for  our  native  land, — 
The  land  we  love  the  most. 

2  0,  guard  our  shores  from  every  foe, 

With  peace  our  borders  bless, 
With  prosperous  times  our  cities  crown, 
Our  fields  with  plenteousness. 

3  Unite  us  in  the  sacred  love 

Of  knowledge,  truth,  and  thee  ; 
And  let  our  hills  and  valleys  shout 
The  songs  of  liberty. 

4  Lord  of  the  nations,  thus  to  thee 

Our  country  we  commend  ; 
Be  thou  her  refuge  and  her  trust, 
Her  everlasting  friend. 


HYMN  577.     C.  M. 

Seasons. 

TT"ITH  son  gs  and  honors  sounding  loud, 
*  I     Address  the  Lord  on  high  ; 
O'er  all  the  heavens  he  spreads  his  cloud, 
And  waters  veil  the  sky. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMN'S. 


435 


He  sends  his  showers  of  blessings  down, 

To  cheer  the  plains  below  ; 
He  makes  the  grass  the  mountains  crown, 

And  corn  in  valleys  grow. 

His  steady  counsels  change  the  face 

Of  each  declining  year  : 
He  bids  the  sun  cut  short  his  race, 

And  wintry  days  appear. 

On  us  his  providence  has  shone, 

With  gentle,  smiling  rays  ; 
0.  may  our  lips  and  lives  make  known 

His  goodness  and  his  praise. 


HYMN  578.     CM. 

v      nig. 
{  T  length  the  wished-for  spring  has 
1 "i-  How  altered  is  the  scene  !        [come  : 
The  trees  and  shrubs  are  dressed  in  bloom, 
The  earth  arrayed  in  green. 

2  0.  let  my  inmost  soul  confess, 

With  grateful  joy  and  love, 
The  bounteous  hand  that  deigns  to  bless 
The  garden,  field,  and  grove. 

3  Inspired  to  praise,  my  heart  would  join 

Glad  nature's  cheerful  song  : 
While  love  and  gratitude  combine 
To  tune  my  joyful  tongue. 


436 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


4  My  faith  exults,  that  yet  the  spring 
Of  righteousness  and  praise 
Our  gracious  God  will  surely  bring, 
And  in  all  nations  raise. 

HYMN  579.     7s  &  6s. 
Autumn. 

THE  leaves,  around  me  falling, 
Are  preaching  of  decay  ; 
The  hollow  winds  are  calling, 

"  Come,  pilgrim,  come  away :" 
The  day,  in  night  declining, 
Says  I  must,  too,  decline; 
The  year  its  bloom  resigning, 
Its  lot  foreshadows  mine. 

2  The  light  my  path  surrounding, 

The  loves  to  which  I  cling, 
The  hopes  within  me  bounding, 

The  joys  that  round  me  wing, — 
All,  all,  like  stars  at  even, 

Just  gleam  and  shoot  away, 
Pass  on  before  to  heaven, 

And  chide  at  my  delay. 

HYMN  580.     8s,  &  7s. 
The  same. 

SEE  the  leaves  around  us  falling, 
Dry  and  withered,  to  the  ground, 
Thus  to  thoughtless  mortals  calling, 
In  a  sad  and  solemn  sound, — 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


437 


2  "  Youth,  on  length  of  days  presuming, 

Who  the  paths  of  pleasure  tread, 
View  us,  late  in  beauty  blooming, 
Numbered  now  among  the  dead. 

3  ;i  What  tho*  yet  no  losses  grieve  you, — 

Gay  with  health  and  many  a  grace  ; 
Let  not  cloudless  skies  deceive  you  ; 
Summer  gives  to  autumn  place.*' 

[  On  the  tree  of  life  eternal 

Let  our  highest  hopes  be  stayed  : 
This  alone,  forever  vernal, 

Bears  a  leaf  that  shall  not  fade. 

HYMN  581.    CM. 

Winter. 
QTERX  Winter  throws  his  icy  chains, 
O   Encircling  nature  round  ; 
How  bleak,  how  comfortless  the  plains, 
Late  with  gay  verdure  crowned  ! 

The  sun  withholds  his  vital  beams, 
And  light  and  warmth  depart ; 

And  drooping,  lifeless  nature  seems 
An  emblem  of  my  heart. 

Return,  0  blissful  sun,  and  bring 
Thy  soul-reviving  ray  ; 

This  mental  winter  shall  be  spring, 
This  darkness  cheerful  da  v. 


433 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


4  0  happy  state  !  divine  abode, 

Where  spring  eternal  reigns, 

And  perfect  day,  the  smile  of  God, 

Fills  all  the  heavenly  plains. 

5  Great  Source  of  light,  thy  beams  display, 

My  drooping  joys  restore, 
And  guide  me  to  the  seats  of  day, 
Where  winter  frowns  no  more. 

HYMN  582.     C.  M. 
The  same. 

THE  hoary  frost,  the  fleecy  snow, 
Descend,  and  clothe  the  ground  ; 
The  liquid  streams  forbear  to  flow, 
In  icy  fetters  bound. 

2  When,  from  his  dreadful  stores  on  high, 

God  pours  the  sounding  hail, 
The  man  that  does  his  power  defy 
Shall  find  his  courage  fail. 

3  God  sends  his  word,  and  melts  the  snow ; 

The  fields  no  longer  mourn  ; 
He  calls  the  warmer  gales  to  blow, 
And  bids  the  spring  return. 

4  The  changing  wind,  the  flying  cloud, 

Obey  his  mighty  word  ; 
With  songs  and  honors  sounding  loud, 
Praise  ye  the  sovereign  Lord. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


439 


HYMN  583.     L.  M. 

The  Flight  of  Time. 

GOD  of  eternity,  from  thee 
Did  infant  Time  his  being  draw ; 
Moments,  and  days,   and  months,  and 
years, 
Revolve  by  thine  unvaried  law. 

2  Silent  and  slow  they  glide  away  ; 

Steady  and  strong  the  current  flows, 
Lost  in  eternity's  wide  sea — 

The  boundless  gulf  from  whence  it 
rose. 

3  With  it  the  thoughtless  sons  of  men 

Upon  the  rapid  streams  are  borne 
Swift  on  to  their  eternal  home, 

Whence  not  one  soul  can  e'er  return. 

4  Yet,  while  the  shore,  on  either  side, 

Presents  a  gaudy,  flattering  show, 
We  gaze,  in  fond  amazement  lost, 
Nor  think  to  what  a  world  we  go. 

HYMN  584.     CM. 
Reflections  at  the  End  of  the  Year. 

AND  now.  my  soul,  another  year 
Of  thy  short  life  is  past ; 
I  cannot  long  continue  here, 
And  this  may  be  my  last. 


440  ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 

2  Much  of  my  hasty  life  is  gone, 

Nor  will  return  again  ; 
And  swift  my  passing  moments  run,— 
The  few  that  yet  remain. 

3  Awake,  my  soul ;  with  utmost  care 

Thy  true  condition  learn  : 
What  are  thy  hopes  ?  how  sure?  how  fair? 
What  is  thy  great  concern? 

4  Behold,  another  year  begins  ; 

Set  out  afresh  for  heaven  ; 
Seek  pardon  for  thy  former  sins, 
In  Christ  so  freely  given. 

HYMN  585.    L.  M. 

Close  of  the  Year. 

OUR  Helper,  God,  we  bless  his  name, 
Whose  love  forever  is  the  same  ; 
The  tokens  of  whose  gracious  care 
Begin,  and  crown,  and  close  the  year. 

2  Amid  ten  thousand  snares  we  stand, 
Supported  by  his  guardian  hand ; 
And  see,  when  we  review  our  ways, 
Ten  thousand  monuments  of  praise. 

3  Thus  far  his  arm  hath  led  us  on  ; 
Thus  far  we  make  his  mercy  known  ; 
And  while  we  tread  this  desert  land, 
New  mercies  shall  new  songs  demand. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


441 


4  Our  grateful  souls  on  Jordan's  shore 
Shall  raise  one  sacred  pillar  more, 
Then  bear,  in  his  bright  courts  above, 
Inscriptions  of  immortal  love. 

HYMN  586.     C.  M. 
Close  of  the  Year. 

REM  AJRK,  my  soul,  the  narrow  bound 
Of  each  revolving  year ;        [round  ! 
How   swift   the   weeks  complete   their 
How  short  the  months  appear ! 

2  So  fast  eternity  comes  on, 

And  that  important  day 
When  all  that  mortal  life  hath  done 
God's  judgment  shall  survey. 

3  Yet  like  an  idle  tale  we  pass 

The  swift-revolving  year, 
And  study  artful  ways  t?  increase 
The  speed  of  its  career. 

4  Awake,  0  God,  my  careless  heart 

Its  great  concerns  to  see, 
That  I  may  act  the  Christian  part, 
And  give  the  year  to  thee. 

5  So  shall  their  course  more  grateful  roll, 

If  future  years  arise  ; 
Or  this  shall  bear  my  waiting  soul 
To  joy  beyond  the  skies. 
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442 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


HYMN  587.     C.  M. 
The  same. 

AWAKE,  ye  saints,  and  raise  your 
And  lift  your  voices  high  ;       [eyes, 
Awake,  and  praise  that  sovereign  love 
That  shows  salvation  nigh. 

2  On  all  the  wings  of  time  it  flies  ; 

Each  moment  brings  it  near  : 
Then  welcome  each  declining  day  ; 
Welcome  each  closing  year. 

3  Not  many  years  their  rounds  shall  run, 

Nor  many  mornings  rise, 
Ere  all  its  glories  stand  levealed 
To  our  admiring  eyes. 

4  Ye  wheels  of  nature,  speed  your  course ; 

Ye  mortal  powers,  decay  ; 
Fast  as  ye  bring  the  night  of  death, 
Ye  bring  eternal  day. 

HYMN  588.     L.  M. 
A  Song  for  the  opening  Year. 

GREAT  God,  we  sing   that  mighty 
hand, 
By  which  supported  still  we  stand  : 
The  opening  year  thy  mercy  shows ; 
Let  mercy  crown  it  till  it  close, 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


443 


2  By  day,  by  ni°"ht.  at  home,  abroad, 
Still  we  are  guarded  by  our  God ; 
By  his  incessant  bounty  fed, 

By  his  unerring  counsel  led. 

3  With  grateful  hearts  the  past  we  own  ; 
The  future — all  to  us  unknown — 

We  to  thy  guardian  care  commit, 
And  peaceful  leave  before  thy  feet. 

4  In  scenes  exalted  or  depressed, 

Be  thou  our  joy,  and  thou  our  rest ; 
Thy  goodness  all  our  hopes  shall  raise, 
Adored  through  all  our  changing  days. 

HYMN  589.     C.  M. 

JVetc  Year.     Providential  Goodness. 

GOD  of  our  lives,  thy  various  praise 
Our  voices  shall  resound  : 
Thy  hand  directs  our  fleeting  days, 
And  brings  the  seasons  round. 

2  To  thee  shall  grateful  son^s  arise, 

Our  Father  and  our  Friend, 
Whose  constant  mercies  from  the  skies 
In  genial  streams  descend. 

3  In  every  scene  of  life,  thy  care, 

In  every  age.  we  see  ; 
And  constant  as  thy  favors  are, 
So  let  our  praises  be. 


444 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


4  Still  may  thy  love,  in  every  scene, 
In  every  age,  appear; 
And  let  the  same  compassion  deign 
To  bless  the  opening  year. 

HYMN  590.     S.  M. 
Ingratitude  deplored. 

IS  this  the  kind  return  ! 
Are  these  the  thanks  we  owe? 
Thus  to  abuse  eternal  love, 

Whence  all  our  blessings  flow  ! 

2  To  what  a  stubborn  frame 
Has  sin  reduced  our  mind  ! 

What  strange,  rebellious  wretches  we  ! 
And  God  as  strangely  kind  ! 

3  Turn,  turn  us,  mighty  God  ! 
And  mould  our  souls  afresh ! 

Break,  sovereign  grace,  these  hearts  of 
And  give  us  hearts  of  flesh.       [stone, 

HYMN  591.     L.  M. 
Brevity  of  Life. 

ERE  mountains  reared  their  forms  sub- 
lime, 
Or  heaven  and  earth  in  order  stood, 
Before  the  birth  of  ancient  time, 
From  everlasting  thou  art  God. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


445 


2  A  thousand  ages,  in  their  flight, 

With  thee  are  as  a  fleeting  day  ; 
Past,  present,  future,  to  thy  sight 
At  once  their  various  scenes  display. 

3  But  our  brief  life's  a  shadowy  dream, 

A  passing  thought,  that  soon  is  o*er, 
That  fades  with  morning's  earliest  beam, 
And  fills  the  musing  mind  no  more. 

4  To  us.  0  Lord,  the  wisdom  give. 

Each  passing  moment  so  to  spend. 
That  we  at  length  with  thee  may  live 
Where  life  and  bliss  shall  never  end. 

HYMN  592.     CM. 
Swiftness  of  Time. 

HOW  swift,  alas  !   the  moments  fly  ! 
How  rush  the  years  along  ! 
Scarce  here,  yet  gone  already  by — 
The  burden  of  a  song. 

2  See  childhood,  youth,  and  manhood,  pass, 

And  age,  with  furrowed  brow  ; 

Time  was — time  shall  be — but.  alas! 

Where,  where  in  time  is  now  I 

3  Time  is  the  measure  but  of  change  ; 

Xo  present  hour  is  found  ; 
The  past,  the  future,  fill  the  range 
Of  times's  unceasing  round. 


446 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


4  Then,  pilgrim,  let  thy  joys  and  fears 
On  time  no  longer  lean  ; 
But  henceforth  all  thy  hopes  and  fears 
From  earth's  affections  wean. 

HYMN  593.     C.  M. 

Indwelling  Sin  lamented. 

WITH  tears  of  anguish  I  lament, 
Before  thy  feet,  my  God, 
My  passion,  pride,  and  discontent, 
And  vile  ingratitude. 

2  Sure  there  was  ne'er  a  heart  so  base, 

So  false  as  mine  has  been  ; 
So  faithless  to  its  promises, 
So  prone  to  every  sin. 

3  How  long,  dear  Saviour,  shall  I  feel 

These  struggles  in  my  breast? 
When  wilt  thou  bow  my  stubborn  will, 
And  give  my  conscience  rest  1 


M 


HYMN  594.     L.  M. 
The  Example  of  Christ. 
Y  dear  Redeemer  and  my  Lord, 


I  read  my  duty  in  thy  word  ; 
But  in  thy  life  the  law  shines  bright- 
It  stands  in  characters  of  light. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS.  447 

2  Such  was  thy  truth,  and  such  thy  zeal ; 
Such  del" rence  to  thy  Father's  will ; 
Such  love,  and  meekness  so  divine, 

I  would  transcriheand  make  them  mine. 

3  Cold  mountains  and  the  midnight  air 
Wimess'd  the  fervor  of  thy  prayer; 
The  desert  thy  temptations  knew. 
Thy  conrlict  and  thy  vict'ry  too. 

4  Be  thou  my  pattern  :  make  me  bear 
More  of  thy  gracious  image  here  ! 
Then  God,  the  Judge,  my  name  shall  own 
Amongst  the  blest  before  his  throne  ! 

HYMN  595.     C.  M. 

Example  of  Christ  a?id  Saints. 

THE  saints  above  once  here  below 
Bedew'd  their  couch  with  tears ; 
They  wrestled  hard,  as  we  do  now, 
With  sins,  and  doubts,  and  fears. 

2  I  ask  them  whence  their  vict'ry  rose  ; 

They,  with  united  breath, 
Say.  "Jesus  conquer'd  all  our  foes  : 
We  triumph  by  his  death  !" 

3  They  mark'd  the  footsteps  which  he  trod; 

His  zeal  inspir'd  their  breast  : 

And,  following  their  incarnate  God, 

They  gain'd  the  promis'd  rest. 


448 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


4  The  Lamb  we  praise  with  pure  delight, 
For  his  own  pattern  given  ; 
While  clouds  of  witnesses  in  sight 
Show  the  same  path  to  heaven. 

HYMN  596.     S.  M. 

Repentance  in  view  of  Christ's  Compassion. 

\ID  Christ  o'er  sinners  weep, 


D' 


And  shall  our  cheeks  be  dry  ? 
Let  floods  of  penitential  grief 
Burst  forth  from  every  eye. 

2  The  Son  of  God  in  tears, 
The  wondering  angels  see  ! 

Be  thou  astonished,  0  my  soul ! 
He  shed  those  tears  for  thee. 

3  He  wept,  that  we  might  weep — 
Each  sin  demands  a  tear ; 

In  heaven  alone  no  sin  is  found, 
And  there's  no  weeping  there. 

HYMN  597.     S.  M. 
Gospel  Invitations. 

THE  Spirit's  voice  doth  break 
In  softness,  "  Sinner,  come  ;" 
The  bride,  the  church  of  Christ,  doth 
speak 
To  all  his  children,  "  Come  !" 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


449 


2  Let  him  that  heareth  say 
To  all  about  him,  "  Come  !" 

Ye  souls  at  hirst,  come  while  you  may — 
To  Christ,  the  fountain,  come  ! 

3  Yes,  whosoever  will, 
0  let  him  freely  come  ; 

Come  now  to  Zion's  holy  hill, 
For  Jesus  bids  thee  come. 

4  Lo  !  Jesus,  thron'd  in  power, 
Declares,  ';  I  quickly  come  !" 

Lord,  even  so  !  I  wait  thine  hour  : 
Jesus,  my  Saviour,  come  ! 

HYMN  598.     P.  M. 

Delight  in  the  Sabbath  and  Temple  of  God. 

[OW  pleased  and  blest  was  I 


Hc 


To  hear  the  people  cry, 
"  Come,  let  us  seek  our  God  to-day !" 

Yes,  with  a  cheerful  zeal 

We  haste  to  Zion's  hill, 
And  there  our  vows  and  honors  pay. 

2  Zion,  thrice  happy  place, 
Adorned  with  wondrous  grace, 

And  walls  of  strength  embrace  thee  round: 
In  thee  our  tribes  appear 
To  pray,  and  praise,  and  hear 

The  sacred  gospel's  joyful  sound. 


450 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


3  Here  David's  greater  Son 
Has  fixed  his  royal  throne  ; 

He  sits  for  grace  and  judgment  here  : 

He  bids  the  saints  be  glad, 

He  makes  the  sinners  sad, 
And  humble  souls  rejoice  with  fear. 

4  May  peace  attend  thy  gate, 
And  joy  within  thee  wait, 

To  bless  the  soul  of  every  guest: 
The  man  who  seeks  thy  peace, 
And  wishes  thine  increase, 

A  thousand  blessings  on  him  rest ! 

5  My  tongue  repeats  her  vows, 
"  Peace  to  this  sacred  house  !" 

For  here  my  friends  and  kindred  dwell : 
And  since  my  glorious  God 
Makes  thee  his  blest  abode, 

My  soul  shall  ever  love  thee  well. 


HYMN  599.     L.  M. 
Star  of  Bethlehem. 

ONCE  on  the  raging  seas  I  rode  ; 
The  storm  was  loud,  the  night  was 
dark, 
The  ocean  yawn'd,  and  rudely  bio  wed 
The  wind  that  toss'd  my  found" ring 
bark. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


451 


2  The  gloomiest  horror  then  was  mine  : 

Ah.  how  could  I  death's  current  stem  ! 
But  suddenly  a  star  did  shine — 
It  was  the  Star  of  Bethlehem  ! 

3  It  was  my  guide,  my  saving  light : 

It  bade  my  dark  forebodings  cease  ; 
And  thro*  the  storm  and  dreadful  night 
It  let  me  to  the  port  of  peace. 

4  Now  safely  moor'd.  my  perils  o'er, 

I'll  sing,  first  in  night's  diadem, 
For  ever  and  for  evermore. 

The  star,  the  Star  of  Bethlehem  ■ 


H 


HYMN  600.     L.  ML 

Sal  ration  by  Christ. 
ERE  at  thy  cross,  my  Saviour-God, 


I  lay  my  soul  beneath  thy  love  ! 
O  wash  me.  Jesus,  in  thy  blood, 
And  fit  me  for  a  throne  above  ! 

2  Should  worlds  conspire  to  drive  me  hence, 

Moveless  and  firm  this  heart  should  lie; 
Resolved,  for  that's  my  last  defence, 
If  I  must  perish  here  to  die. 

3  But  speak,  my  Lord,  and  calm  my  fear  ; 

Am  I  not  safe  beneath  thy  shade  ? 
Thy  vengeance  will  not  strike  me  here, 
Nor  Satan  dare  my  soul  invade. 


452 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


4  I'm  safe,  and  nought  my  soul  shall  harm; 
Thy  blood  shall  cleanse  my  guilt  away; 
Thy  voice  each  rising  fear  shall  calm, 
And  guide  me  up  to  realms  of  day ! 


HYMN  601.     C.  M. 
Paradise  on  Earth. 

WHEN    Christ,  with  all   his  graces 
crowned, 
Sheds  his  kind  beams  abroad, 
'Tis  a  new  heav'n  on  earthly  ground, 
The  paradise  of  God  ! 

2  A  blooming  Eden,  full  of  joy, 

In  this  wild  desert  springs ; 
And  every  sense  I  straight  employ 
On  sweet,  celestial  things. 

3  The  fragrant  plants  around  appear, 

And  each  his  glory  shows ; 
The  rose  of  Sharon  blossoms  here, 
The  fairest  flow'r  that  blows. 

4  Yet  to  the  garden  in  the  skies 

My  feet  would  rather  go  ; 
For  there  unwith'ring  flow'rs  arise, 
And  joys  perpetual  grow  ! 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


453 


HYMN  60-2.     L.  M. 
My  Redeemer  livelh. 

I  KNOW  that  my  Redeemer  lives:" 
What  joys  and  hopes  this  sentence 
gives  ! 
The  Saviour  lives,  who  once  was  dead, 
Exalted  now  my  glorious  Head  ! 

2  He  lives, — to  silence  all  my  fears, 
To  wipe  away  my  bitter  tears, 
To  plead  for  me  with  God  above, 
To  bless  me  with  his  saving  love. 

3  He  lives. — my  kind  and  heav'nly  Friend, 
And  he  will  love  me  to  the  end  ; 

His  praises  I  will  joyful  sing. — 

My  Teacher  and  my  Priest  and  King  ! 

4  He  lives — all  glory  to  his  name  ! 
Jesus,  Redeemer,  still  the  same  : 

0  the  sweet  joy  this  sentence  gives, — 
"  I  know  that  my  Redeemer  lives  !"' 

HYMN  603.     CM. 

Delight  i?i  the  Sabbath  and  Temple  of  God. 

0  'TWAS  a  joyful  sound  to  hear 
Our  tribes  devoutly  say. 
"  Up,  Israel ;  to  the  temple  haste. 
And  keep  your  festal  day  !" 


454 


ADDITIONAL    KYMNS. 


2  At  Salem's  courts  we  must  appear, 

With  our  assembled  powers, 
Id  strong  and  beauteous  order  ranged, 
Like  her  united  towers. 

3  0  pray  we  then  for  Salem's  peace — 

For  they  shall  prosperous  be, 
Thou  holy  city  of  our  God, 
Who  bear  true  love  to  thee. 

4  May  peace  within  thy  sacred  walls 

A  constant  guest  be  found  ; 
With  plenty  and  prosperity 
Thy  palaces  be  crowned. 

HYMN  604.     C.  M. 

Sins  bewailed  as  causing  the  Death  of  Christ. 

OIF  my  soul  was  formed  for  wo, 
How  would  I  vent  my  sighs  ! 
Repentance  should  like  rivers  flow, 
From  both  my  streaming-  eyes. 

2  'Twas  for  my  sins  my  dearest  Lord 

Hung  on  the  cursed  tree, 
And  groaned  away  a  dying  life, 
For  thee,  my  soul,  for  thee. 

3  0  how  I  hate  those  lusts  of  mine, 

That  crucified  my  Lord ; 
Those  sins,  that  pierced  and  nailed  his 
Fast  to  the  fatal  wood  !  [flesh 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS.  455 

4  Yes,  my  Redeemer,  they  shall  die, 
My  heart  has  so  decreed  ; 
Nor  will  I  spare  the  guilty  things 
That  made  my  Saviour  bleed. 

HYMN  605.     C.  M. 
Pardon  Implored. 

LORD,  I  approach  the  mercy-seat, 
Where  thou  dost  answer  prayer ; 
There  humbly  fall  before  thy  feet, 
For  none  can  perish  there. 

2  Thy  promise  is  my  only  plea  ; 

With  this  I  venture  nigh  ; 
Thou  callest  burdened  souls  to  thee, 
And  such,  0  Lord,  am  I. 

3  Bowed  down  beneath  a  load  of  sin, 

By  Satan  sorely  pressed, 
By  war  without,  and  fear  within, 
I  come  to  thee  for  rest. 

HYMN  606.     C.  M. 
The  same. 

PROSTRATE,  dear  Jesus,  at  thy  feet 
A  guilt)  lcutj  lies  , 
And  upwards  to  thy  mercy-seat 
Presumes  to  lift  his  eyes. 


456 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


2  If  tears  of  sorrow  would  suffice 

To  pay  the  debt  I  owe, 
Tears  should  from  both  my  weeping  eyes 
In  ceaseless  torrents  flow. 

3  But  no  such  sacrifice  I  plead, 

To  expiate  my  guilt ;  [shed  ; 

No  tears,  but   those  which    thou   hast 
No  blood,  but  thou  hast  spilt. 

4  I  plead  my  sorrows,  dearest  Lord  ; 

Do  thou  my  sins  forgive  : 
Thy  justice  will  approve  the  word 
That  bids  the  sinner  live. 

HYMN  607.     S.  ML 
The  Same. 

THOU  Lord  of  all  above, 
And  all  below  the  sky, 
Prostrate  before  thy  feet  I  fall, 
And  for  thy  mercy  cry. 

2  Forgive  my  follies  past, 

The  crimes  which  I  have  done  : 
Oh,  bid  a  contrite  sinner  live, 
Through  thine  incarnate  Son. 

3  Guilt,  like  a  heavy  load, 
Upon  my  conscience  lies  ; 

To  thee  I  make  my  sorrows  known, 
And  lift  my  weeping  eyes. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


457 


4  The  burden  which  I  feel, 
Th   "  »ve  : 

Do  thou  display  thy  pardoning  grace, 
And  thine  unbounded  love. 

HYMN  608.     L.  M. 
Walking  by  Faith. 

TIS  by  the  faith  of  joys  to  come, 
We  walk  thro'  deserts  dark  as  night ; 
Till  we  arrive  at  heaven,  our  home, 
Faith  is  our  guide — and  faith  our  light. 

2  The  want  of  sight  she  well  supplies  ; 

She  makes  the  pearly  gates  appear ; 
Far  into  distant  worlds  she  pries, 
And  brings  eternal  glories  near. 

3  Cheerful  we  tread  the  desert  through, 

While  faith  inspires  a  heavenly  ray, 

Though  lions  roar — and  tempests  blow, 

And  rocks  and  dangers  nil  the  way. 

HYMN  609.     C.  M. 
Faith,  the  Evidence  of  Things  not  seen. 

FAITH  is  the  brightest  evidence 
Of  things  beyond  our  sight ; 
It  pierces  through  the  veil  of  sense, 
And  dwells  in  heavenly  light. 
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458 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


2  It  sets  time  past  in  present  view, 

Brings  distant  prospects  home, 
Of  things  a  thousand  years  ago, 
Or  thousand  years  to  come. 

3  By  faith  we  know  the  world  was  made 

By  God's  almighty  word  ; 
We  know  the  heavens  and  earth  shall 
And  be  again  restored.  [fade 

4  Abrah'm  obeyed  the  Lord's  command, 

From  his  own  country  driven  ; 
By  faith  he  sought  a  promised  land, 
But  found  his  rest  in  heaven. 

HYMN  610.     S.  M. 

Source  and  Office  of  Faith. 

EAITH — 'tis  a  precious  grace, 
Where'er  it  is  bestowed  ; 
It  boasts  a  high,  celestial  birth, 
And  is  the  gift  of  God. 

2  Jesus  it  owns  as  King, 
And  all-atoning  Priest ; 

It  claims  no  merit  of  its  own, 
But  looks  for  all  in  Christ. 

3  To  him  it  leads  the  soul, 
When  filled  with  deep  distress ; 

Flies  to  the  fountain  of  his  blood, 
And  trusts  his  righteousness. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS.  459 

4  Since  'tis  thy  work  alone. 

And  that  divinely  free. 
Lord,  send  the  Spirit  of  thy  Son, 

To  work  this  faith  in  me. 

HYMN  611.     C.  M. 

True  Hupp  in  ess  to  be  found  only  in  God. 

IN  vain  I  trace  creation  o'er, 
In  search  of  solid  rest  : 
The  whole  creation  is  too  poor 
To  make  me  truly  blest. 

2  Let  earth  and  all  her  charms  depart, 

Unworthy  of  the  mind  : 
In  God  alone  this  restless  heart 
Enduring  bliss  can  find. 

3  Thy  favor.  Lord,  is  all  I  want ; 

Here  would  my  spirit  rest  : 
Oh  !  seal  the  rich,  the  boundless  grant, 
And  make  me  fully  blest. 

HYMN  612.     CM. 

A  living  Faith. 

MISTAKEN    souls,    that   dream    of 
heaven, 
And  make  their  empty  boast 
Of  inward  joys,  and  sins  forgiven, 
While  they  are  slaves  to  lust  ! 


460 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


2  Vain  are  our  fancy's  airy  nights, 

If  faith  he  cold  and  dead ; 

None  but  a  living  power  unites 

To  Christ,  the  living  head. 

3  'Tis  faith  that  purifies  the  heart; 

'Tis  faith  that  works  by  love  ; 

That  bids  all  sinful  joys  depart, 

And  lifts  the  thoughts  above. 

4  This  faith  shall  every  fear  control 

By  its  celestial  power ; 
With  holy  triumph  fill  the  soul 
In  death's  approaching  hour. 

HYMN  613.     C.  M. 

True  Happiness  to  he  found  only  in  God, 
"YT7H  AT  though  no  flowers  the  fig-tree 
1 1  clothe, 

Though  vines  their  fruit  deny, 
The  labor  of  the  olive  fail. 

And  fields  no  meat  supply ; — 

2  Tho'  from  the  fold,  with  sad  surprise, 

My  flock  cut  off  I  see  ; 
Thousrh  famine  reign  in  empty  stalls, 
Where  herds  were  wont  to  be, 

3  Yet  in  the  Lord  will  I  be  glad, 

And  glory  in  his  love  ; 
In  him  I'll  joy,  who  will  the  God 
Of  my  salvation  prove. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 

God  is  the  treasure  of  my  soul, 
The  source  of  lasting  joy  ; 

A  joy  which  want  shall  not  impair, 
Nor  death  itself  destroy. 


461 


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HYMN  614.     CM. 

Safe  trusting  in  God. 

LORD  !  my  best  desires  fulfil, 


And  help  me  to  resign 
Life,  health  and  comfort  to  thy  will, 
And  make  thy  pleasure  mine. 

2  Why  should  I  shrink  at  thy  command, 

Whose  love  forbids  my  fears  ? 
Or  tremble  at  the  gracious  hand 
That  wipes  away  my  tears ! 

3  No  :  rather  let  me  freely  yield 

What  most  I  prize  to  thee. 
Who  never  hast  a  good  withheld 
Or  wilt  withhold  from  me. 

HYMN  615.     S.  M. 

Adoption. 

BEHOLD  !   what  wondrous  grace 
The  Father  has  bestowed 
On  sinners  of  a  mortal  race. 
To  call  them  sons  of  God  ! 


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2  'Tis  no  surprising  thing 
That  we  should  be  unknown  ; 

The  Jewish  world  knew  not  their  King, 
God's  everlasting  Son. 

3  Not  doth  it  yet  appear 

How  great  we  must  be  made  ; 
But  when  we  see  our  Saviour  here, 
We  shall  be  like  our  Head. 

4  A  hope  so  much  divine 
May  trials  well  endure  ; 

May  purge  our  souls  from  sense  and  sin, 
As  Christ,  the  Lord,  is  pure. 

HYMN  616.     L.  M. 

The  Gospel  exemplified  in  the  Conduct. 

SO  let  our  lips  and  lives  express 
The  holy  gospel  we  profess ; 
So  let  our  works  and  virtues  shine, 
To  prove  the  doctrine  all  divine. 

2  Thus  shall  we  best  proclaim  abroad 
The  honors  of  our  Saviour-God  : 
When  his  salvation  reigns  within. 
And  grace  subdues  the  power  of  sin. 

3  Our  flesh  and  sense  must  be  denied — 
Passion  and  envy,  lust  and  pride  ; 
While  justice,  temperance,  truth  and  love, 
Our  inward  piety  approve. 


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463 


4  Religion  bears  our  spirits  up, 

While  we  expect  that  blessed  hope — 
The  bright  appearance  of  the  Lord — 
And  faith  stands  leaning  on  his  word. 

HYMN  617.     L.  M. 
Sincerity. 

SWEET  peace  of  conscience,  heavenly- 
guest. 
Come,  fix  thy  mansion  in  my  breast ; 
Dispel  my  doubts,  my  fears  control, 
And  heal  the  anguish  of  my  soul. 

2  Come,  smiling  hope,  and  joy  sincere, 
Come,  make  your  constant  dwelling  here ; 
Still  let  your  presence  cheer  my  heart, 
Nor  sin  compel  you  to  depart. 

3  0  God  of  hope  and  peace  divine, 
Make  thou  these  sacred  pleasures  mine  ! 
Forgive  my  sins,  my  fears  remove, 
And  fill  my  heart  with  joy  and  love. 

HYMN  618.     S.  M. 
The  vigilant  Servant. 

YE  sen-ants  of  the  Lord, 
Each  in  his  office  wait  ; 
With  joy  obey  his  heavenly  word, 
And  watch  before  his  gate. 


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2  Let  all  your  lamps  be  bright, 
And  trim  the  golden  flame  ; 

Gird  up  your  loins  as  in  his  sight, 
For  awful  is  his  name 

3  Watch  !   His  your  Lord's  command  ; 
And  while  we  speak  he's  near : 

Mark  the  first  signal  of  his  hand, 
And  ready  all  appear. 

4  0  happy  servant  he, 

In  such  a  posture  found  ! 
He  shall  his  Lord  with  rapture  see, 
And  be  wTith  honor  crowned. 

HYMN  619.     C.  M. 

God  the  Author  of  Mercies  and  Afflictions. 

IT  is  the  Lord,  enthroned  in  light, 
Whose  claims  are  all  divine, 
Who  has  an  undisputed  right 
To  govern  me  and  mine. 

I  It  is  the  Lord  who  gives  me  all 
My  wTealth,  my  friends,  my  ease  ; 
And  of  his  bounties  may  recall 
Whatever  part  he  please. 

3  It  is  the  Lord,  my  covenant  God, 
Thrice  blessed  be  his  name ! 
Whose   gracious   promise,  sealed  with 
Must  ever  be  the  same.  [blood, 


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465 


4  And  can  my  soul,  with  hopes  like  these, 
Be  sullen  or  repine  ? 
No,    gracious   God !     take   what    thou 
To  thee  I  all  resign.  [please, 

HYMN  620.     C.  M. 

Sincerity. 

\  M  I  an  Israelite  indeed, 
Jt±.  "Without  a  false  disguise  ? 
Have  I  renounced  my  sins  and  left 
My  refuges  of  lies  ? 

2  Say.  does  my  heart  unchanged  remain? 

Or  is  it  formed  anew ! 
What  is  the  rule  by  which  I  walk, 
The  object  I  pursue  ? 

3  Cause  me,  0  God  of  truth  and  grace, 

My  real  state  to  know  ! 
If  I  am  wrong,  0  set  me  right ! 
If  right,  preserve  me  so  ! 

HYMN  621.     CM. 

Faith  prevailing  in  Trouble. 

11/ HEN  languor  and  disease  invade 
1  1     This  trembling  house  of  clay, 
'Tis  sweet  to  look  beyond  my  pain, 
And  long  to  fly  away  : 


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2  Sweet  to  look  inward,  and  attend 

The  whispers  of  his  love  ; 
Sweet  to  look  upward,  to  the  place 
Where  Jesus  pleads  above  : 

3  Sweet  to  look  back,  and  see  my  name 

In  life's  fair  book  set  down  ; 
Sweet  to  look  forward,  and  behold 
Eternal  joys  my  own. 

4  If  such  the  sweetness  of  the  stream, 

What  must  the  fountain  be, 
WThere  saints  and  angels  draw  their  bliss, 
0  Lord,  direct  from  thee  ! 

HYMN  622.     S.  M. 
Casting  our  Cares  on  God. 

HOW  gentle  God's  commands ! 
How  kind  his  precepts  are ! 
Come,  cast  your  burdens  on  the  Lord, 
And  trust  his  constant  care. 

2  His  bounty  will  provide, 
His  saints  securely  dwell ; 

That  hand,  which  bears  creation  up, 
Shall  guard  his  children  well. 

3  Why  should  this  anxious  load 
Pi  ess  down  your  weary  mind  ? 

O  seek  your  heavenly  Father's  throne, 
And  peace  and  comfort  find. 


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467 


4  His  goodness  stands  approved, 
Unchanged  from  day  to  day  ; 

I'll  drop  my  burden  at  his  feet, 
And  bear  a  sono;  away. 


HYMN  623.     S.  M. 

Humbly  leaking  on  God. 

{  ND  shall  I  sit  alone, 
J\.  Oppressed  with  grief  and  fear  ? 
To  God,  my  Father,  make  my  moan, 
And  he  refuse  to  hear. 

2  If  he  my  Father  be, 
His  pity  he  will  show  ; 

From  cruel  bondage  set  me  free, 
And  inward  peace  bestow. 

3  If  still  he  silence  keep, 
'Tis  but  my  faith  to  try  : 

He  knows  and  feels  whene'er  I  weep, 
And  softens  ever)*  sigh. 

4  Then  will  I  humbly  wait, 
Nor  once  indulge  despair  ; 

My  sins  are  oreat.  but  not  so  great 
As  his  compassions  are. 


468 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


HYMN  624.     7s  &  6s. 
Life  a  Winter's  Day. 

TIME  is  winging  us  away 
To  our  eternal  home  ; 
Life  is  but  a  winter's  day — 

A  journey  to  the  tomb  : 
Youth  and  vigor  soon  will  flee, 

Blooming  beauty  lose  its  charms ; 
All  that's  mortal  soon  shall  be 
Enclosed  in  death's  cold  arms. 

Time  is  winding-  us  away 

To  our  eternal  home  ; 
Life  is  but  a  winter's  day — 

A  journey  to  the  tomb  ; 
But  the  Christian  shall  enjoy 

Health  and  beauty  soon  above, 
"Where  no  worldly  griefs  annoy, 

Secure  in  Jesus'  love. 

HYMX  625.     7s  &  6s. 
Life  rapidly  passing  away. 

AS  flows  the  rapid  river, 
With  channel  broad  and  free, 
Its  waters  rippling  ever, 

And  hasting  to  the  sea, 
So  life  is  onward  flowing, 

And  days  of  offered  peace, 
And  man  is  swiftly  going 
Where  calls  of  mercy  cease. 


469 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 

As  moons  are  ever  waning". 

As  hastes  the  sun  away. 
As  stormy  winds,  complaining, 

Bring"  on  the  wintry  day. 
So  fast  the  night  comes  o'er  us— 

The  darkness  of  the  grave  ; 
And  death  is  just  before  us  : 

God  takes  the  life  he  gave, 

Say.  hath  thy  heart  its  treasure 

Laid  up  in  worlds  above  ? 
And  is  it  all  thy  pleasure 

Thy  God  to  praise  and  love  ? 
Beware,  lest  death's  dark  river 

Its  billows  o'er  thee  roll. 
And  thou  lament  for  ever 

The  ruin  of  thv  soul. 


HYMN  626.     S.  M. 
Importance  of  To-day. 

rpO-MORROW,  Lord,  is  thine, 
JL    Lodged  in  thy  sovereign  hand  ; 
And  if  its  sun  arise  and  shine, 
It  shines  by  thy  command. 

2  The  present  moment  flies. 

And  bears  our  life  away  : 
0,  make  thy  servants  truly  wise, 

That  they  may  live  to-day. 


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ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


3  Since  on  this  fleeting  hour 
Eternity  is  hung, 

Awake,  by  thine  almighty  power, 
The  aged  and  the  young. 

4  One  thing  demands  our  care  ; 
0,  be  that  still  pursued, 

Lest,  slighted  once,  the  season  fair 
Should  never  be  renewed. 

HYMN  627.     8s  &  7s. 
Hope  of  Meeting. 

WHEN  forced  to  part  from  those  we 
love , 
Though  sure  to  meet  to-morrow, 
We  still  a  painful  anguish  prove, — 
We  feel  a  pang  of  sorrow. 

But  who  can  e'er  describe  the  tears 
We  shed  when  thus  we  sever, 

If  doomed  to  part  for  months,  for  years, — 
To  part,  perhaps,  for  ever? 

Yet,  if  our  aims  are  fixed  aright, 

A  sacred  hope  is  given, 
Tho'  here  our  prospects  end  in  night, 

We'll  meet  again  in  heaven. 

Then  let  us  form  those  bonds  above 
Which  time  can  ne'er  dissever, 

Since,  parting  in  a  Saviour's  love, 
We  part  to  meet  for  ever. 


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471 


HYMN  628.     P.  M. 
What  is  your  Life  f 

OWHAT  is  life  ?— 'tis  like  a  flower 
That  blossoms  and  is  gone  ; 
It  flourishes  its  little  hour, 
With  all  its  beauty  on  : 
Death  comes,  and.  like  a  wintry  day, 
It  cuts  the  lovely  flower  away. 

0  what  is  life  ? — 'tis  like  the  bow 

That  glistens  in  the  sky  : 
We  love  to  see  its  colors  glow  ; 

But  while  we  look,  they  die  : 
Life  fails  as  soon  : — to-day  'tis  here  ; 
To-morrow  it  may  disappear. 

Lord,  what  is  life? — if  spent  with  thee, 
In  humble  praise  and  prayer. 

How  long  or  short  our  life  may  be, 
We  feel  no  anxious  care  : 

Though  life  depart,  our  joys  shall  last 

When  life  and  all  its  joys  are  past. 

HYMN  629.     7s. 
Parting  of  Christians. 

FOR  a  season  called  to  part, 
Let  us  now  ourselves  commend 
To  the  gracious  eye  and  heart 
Of  our  ever-present  Friend. 


472 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


2  Jesus,  hear  our  humble  prayer: 

Tender  Shepherd  of  thy  sheep, 
Let  thy  mercy  and  thy  care 
All  our  souls  in  safety  keep. 

3  In  thy  strength  may  we  be  strong  ; 

Sweeten  every  cross  and  pain  ; 
And  our  wasting  lives  prolong, 
Till  we  meet  on  earth  again. 

HYMN  630.     C.  M. 
Hope  of  Reunion  above. 

WHEN  floating  on  life's  troubled  sea, 
By  storms  and  tempests  driven, 
Hope,  with  her  radiant  finger,  points 
To  brighter  scenes  in  heaven. 

2  Her  hallowed  influence  cheers  life's  hours 

Of  sadness  and  of  gloom ; 
She  guides  us  through  this  vale  of  tears,    » 
To  joys  beyond  the  tomb. 

3  And  when  our  fleeting  days  are  o'er, 

And  life's  last  hour  draws  near, 
With  still  unwearied  wing  she  hastes 
To  wipe  the  falling  tear. 

4  She  bids  the  anguished  heart  rejoice  : 

Though  earthly  ties  are  riven, 
We  still  may  hope  to  meet  again 
In  yonder  peaceful  heaven. 


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473 


HYMN  631.    C.  M. 

Gratitude  for  Preservation. 

COME,  let  us  strike  our  harps  afresh 
To  great  Jehovah's  name  ; 
Sweet  be  the  accents  of  our  tongues, 
When  we  his  love  proclaim. 

2  'Twas  by  his  bidding-  we  were  called 

In  pain  awhile  to  part ; 
'Tis  by  his  care  we  meet  again. 
And  gladness  fills  our  heart. 

3  Blest  be  the  hand  that  has  preserved 

Our  feet  from  every  snare, 
And  bless  the  goodness  of  the  Lord, 
Which  to  this  hour  we  share. 

4  Fast,  fast  our  minutes  fly  away  ; 

Soon  shall  our  wanderings  cease  ; 
Then  with  our  Father  we  shall  dwell, 
A  family  of  peace. 

HYMN  632.     L.  M. 

Death  of  an  Infant. 

SO  fades  the  lovely,  blooming  flower, 
Fraii.  smiling  solace  of  an  hour; 
So  soon  our  transient  comforts  fly, 
And  pleasure  only  blooms  to  die. 
31 


474 


ADDITIONAL    Hi'MNS. 


2  Is  there  no  kind,  no  healing  art, 

To  soothe  the  anguish  of  the  heart? 
Spirit  of  grace,  be  ever  nigh  : 
Thy  comforts  are  not  made  to  die. 

3  Let  gentle  patience  smile  on  pain, 
Till  dying  hope  revives  again  ; 

Hope  wipes  the  tear  from  sorrow's  eve. 
And  faith  points  upward  to  the  sky. 

HYMN  633.     CM. 

The  Death  of  a  young  Person. 

WHEN  blooming  youth  is  snatched 
By  death's  resistless  hand,     [away 
Our  hearts  the  mournful  tribute  pay, 
Which  pity  must  demand. 

2  \Yhile  pity  prompts  the  rising  sigh, 

0,  may  this  truth,  impressed 
With  awful  power,  "  I  too  must  die," 
Sink  deep  in  every  breast. 

3  Let  this  vain  world  engage  no  more  : 

Behold  the  opening  tomb  : 
It  bids  us  seize  the  present  hour  : 
To-morrow  death  may  come. 

4  0,  let  us  fly — to  Jesus  fly, 

Whose  powerful  arm  can  save  ; 
Then  shall  our  hopes  ascend  on  high, 
And  triumph  o'er  the  grave. 


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475 


HYMN  634.     8s  &  7s. 

merit  of  a  pious  young  Female. 

QISTER,  thou  wast  mild  and  lovely, 
O   Gentle  as  the  summer  hreeze, 
Pleasant  as  the  air  of  evenii  _ . 
When  it  floats  among  the  trees. 

Peaceful  he  thy  silent  slumber — 
Peaceful  in  the  grave  so  low  : 

Thou  no  more  wilt  join  our  number  : 
Thou  no  more  our  songs  shalt  know. 

Dearest  sister,  thou  hast  left  us  ; 

Here  thy  loss  we  deeply  feel ; 
But  'tis  God  that  hath  bereft  us  : 

He  can  all  our  sorrows  heal. 

Yet  ao"ain  we  hope  to  meet  thee, 
When  the  day  of  life  is  fled. 

Then  in  heaven  with  joy  to  greet  thee, 
Where  no  farewell  tear  is  shed. 


HYMN  635.     C.  M. 
Peaceful  Death  of  the  Pious. 

BEHOLD  the  western  evening  light! 
It  melts  in  deepening  gloom  ; 
So  calmly  Christians  sink  away. 
Descending  to  the  tomb. 


476 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


2  The  winds  breathe  low  ;  the  yellow  leaf 

Scarce  whispers  from  the  tree  ; 
So  o-ently  flows  the  parting  breath, 
When  good  men  cease  to  be. 

3  How  beautiful,  on  all  the  hills, 

The  crimson  light  is  shed  ! 
'Tis  like  the  peace  the  Christian  gives 
To  mourners  round  his  bed. 

4  How  mildly  on  the  wandering  cloud 

The  sunset  beam  is  cast ! 
So  sweet  the  memory  left  behind, 
When  loved  ones  breathe  their  last. 

HYMN  636.     12s  &  lis. 
Farewell  to  a  Friend  departed. 

THOU  art  gone  to  the  grave  ;  but  we 
will  not  deplore  thee, 
Though  sorrows  and  darkness  encorn 
pass  the  tomb  ; 
The  Saviour  has  passed  through  its  por 
tals  before  thee, 
And  the  lamp  of  his  love  is  thy  guidt 
through  the  gloom. 

2"  Thou   art   gone   to  the  grave ;   we  n< 
longer  behold  thee, 
Nor   tread    the  rough   paths   of  th 
world  by  thy  side  ; 


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477 


But  the  wide  arms  of  mercy  are  spread 
to  enfold  thee. 
And  sinners  may  hope,  since  the  Sa- 
viour hath  died. 

3  Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave  ;  and.  its 
mansion  forsaking-. 
Perchance   thy  weak  spirit  in  doubt 
lingered  long  ; 
,    But    the    sunshine    of    heaven   beamed 
bright  on  thy  waking, 
And  the  sound  thou  didst  hear  was 
the  seraphim's  song. 

1  Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave  ;  but  we  will 
not  deplore  thee  ; 
Since    God    was    thy    Ransom,    thy 
Guardian,  thy  Guide  : 
He  gave  thee,  he  took  thee,  and  he  will 
restore  thee  ; 
And  death  has  no  sting,  since  the  Sa- 
viour hath  died. 


HYMN  637.     C.  M. 
Horrors  of  War. 

NIGHT  spread  her  starless  robe  around, 
Thy  sun  withdrew  his  light ; 
Gloom  brooded  o'er  the  battle  ground, 
And  darkness  hid  the  sight. 


478 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


2  Bat  there  was  wo,  and  pain,  and  death, 

And  horror,  and  despair, 
Where  the  deep  groan  and  dying  breath 
Uttered  the  hopeless  prayer. 

3  There  was  distress  no  tongue  could  tell, 

Remorse  that  stung  the  soul : 
That  scene  is  all  an  earthly  hell, 
And  deep  its  billows  roll. 

4  Dear  Saviour,  send  thy  peaceful  light, 

To  show  the  holier  way  ; 
Dispel  the  shades  of  error's  night, 
And  bring  the  perfect  day. 

HYMN  633.     C.  M. 
Peace. 

0  CHRISTIAN,  see  that  dread  array! 
A  marsh  all*  d  army  stand  ; 
Hear  the  drums  beat — 'tis  battle-day, 
And  Madness  leads  the  band. 

2  'Mid  clash  of  arms  and  cannon's  roar,  1 

And  shrieks  that  rend  the  skies ; 
In  torrents  deep  of  human  gore, 
Man  curses  /nan  and  dies  ! 

3  Was  it  "To  arms/'  the  Saviour  said, 

When  enemies  were  'round  I 
Did  he  call  legions  to  his  aid. 
And  dash  them  to  the  ground  l 


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479 


0  no  !  his  words  were  all  "  Forgive,- ' 

And  meekly  bore  the  ill ; 
He  died  himself  that  they  might  live, 

And  Christ  is  mercy  still. 


HYMN  639.     L.  M. 
Ch  ristia n  Fello icsh ip . 

HOW  blest  the  sacred  tie  that  binds 
In  sweet  communion  kindred  minds  ! 
How  swift  the  heavenly  course  they  run, 
Whose  hearts,  whose  faith,  whose  hopes 
are  one  ! 

2  To  each  the  soul  of  each  how  dear  ! 
What  tender  love  !  what  holy  fear  ! 
How  does  the  generous  flame  within 
Refine  from  earth  and  cleanse  from  sin  ! 

3  Their  streaming  eyes  together  flow 
For  human  guilt  and  human  wo  : 
Their  ardent  prayers  together  rise, 
Like  mingling  flames  in  sacrifice. 

4  Together  oft  they  seek  the  place 
Where  God  reveals  his  smiling  face  : 
Hew    high,  how  strong  their  raptures 

swell. 
There's  none  but  kindred  souls  can  tell. 


480 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS, 


HYMN  640.     L.  M. 
Deliverance  from  Sin  desired. 

AND  dost  thou  say,  "Ask  what  thou 
wilt?" 
Lord,  I  would  seize  the  golden  hour : 
I  pray  to  be  released  from  guilt, 

And  freed  from  sin's  polluting  power. 

2  More  of  thy  presence,  Lord,  impart; 

More  of  thine  image  let  me  bear  ; 
Erect  thy  throne  within  my  heart, 
And  reign  without  a  rival  there. 

3  Give  me  to  read  my  pardon  sealed, 

And  from  thy  joy  to  draw  my  strength  ; 
0  be  thy  boundless  love  revealed 

In   all  its   height,   and   breadth,   and 
length. 

4  Grant  these  requests — I  ask  no  more, 

But  to  thy  care  the  rest  resign  ; 
Sick  or  in  health,  or  rich,  or  poor, 
All  shall  be  well,  if  thou  art  mine. 

HYMN  641.     L.  M. 
Deriving  Strength  from  Christ. 

LET  me  but  hear  my  Saviour  say, 
"  Strength  shall  be  equal  to  thy  day," 
Then  I  rejoice  in  deep  distress, 
Upheld  by  all-sufficient  grace. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


481 


2  I  can  do  all  things — or  can  bear 
All  suffering,  if  my  Lord  be  there  ; 
Sweet  pleasures  mingle  with  the  pains, 
While  he  my  sinking  head  sustains. 

3  I  srlory  in  infirmity.  [me  ; 
That  Christ's  own  power  may  rest  on 
When  I  am  weak,  then  am  I  strong  ; 
Grace  is  my  shield  and  Christ  my  song. 

HYMN  64-2.     C.  M. 
Ch  ristia  n  Ft  llo  wsh  ip . 

HOW  sweet,  how  heavenly  is  the  sight, 
When  those  that  love  the  Lord 
In  one  another's  peace  delight. 
And  thus  fulfil  his  word  ! 

2  When  each  can  feel  his  brother's  sigh, 

And  with  him  bear  a  part ; 
When  sorrow  hows  from  eye  to  eye, 
And  joy  from  heart  to  heart ! 

3  When,  free  from  envy,  scorn  and  pride, 

Our  wishes  all  above. 
Each  can  his  brother's  failings  hide, 
And  show  a  brother's  love  ! 

4  When  love,  in  one  delightful  stream, 

Through  every  bosom  hows  ; 
And  union  sweet,  and  dear  esteem, 
In  every  action  glows  ! 


482  ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 

HYMN  643.     L.  M. 

The  same. 

THY  presence,  everlasting  God, 
Wide  o'er  all  nature  spreads  abroad  ; 
Thy  watchful  eyes,  which  cannot  sleep, 
In  every  place  thy  children  keep. 

2  While  near  each  other  we  remain, 
Thou  dost  our  lives  and  souls  sustain? 
When  absent,  thou  dost  make  us  share 
Thy  smiles,  thy  counsels  and  thy  care. 

3  To  thee  we  all  our  ways  commit, 
And  seek  our  comforts  near  thy  feet ; 
Still  on  our  souls  vouchsafe  to  shine, 
And  guard  and  guide  us  still  as  thine. 

4  Give  us,  O  Lord,  within  thy  house, 
Again  to  pay  our  thankful  vows  : 
Or,  if  that  joy  no  more  be  known, 
0  may  we  meet  around  thy  throne. 


T 


HYMN  644.     C.  M. 

Joining  the  Church  of  Christ. 

E  men  and  angels,  witness  now, 
Before  the  Lord  we  speak ; 


To  him  we  make  our  solemn  vow, — 
A  vow  we  dare  not  break, — 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


483 


2  That  long-  as  life  shall  last, 

Ourselves  to  Christ  we  yield  ; 
Nor  from  his  cause  will  we  depart 
Or  ever  quit  the  field. 

3  We  trust  not  in  our  native  strength, 

But  on  his  grace  rely  ; 
May  he,  with  our  returning  wants, 
All  needful  aid  supply. 

4  0  guide  our  doubtful  feet  aright, 

And  keep  us  in  thy  ways  ; 
And  while  we  turn  our  vows  to  prayers, 
Turn  thou  our  prayers  to  praise. 

HYMN  645.     L.  M. 

The  same. 

0  HAPPY  day  that  fixed  my  choice 
On  thee,  my  Saviour  and  my  God ; 
"Well  may  this  glowing  heart  rejoice, 
And  tell  its  raptures  all  abroad. 

2  0  happy  bond  that  seals  my  vows 

To  him  who  merits  all  my  love  ! 

Let  cheerful  anthems  fill  the  house, 

While  to  his  altar  now  I  move. 

3  'Tis  done — the  great  transaction's  done  ; 

I  am  my  Lord's  and  he  is  mine : 
He  drew  me  and  I  followed  on. 
Rejoiced  to  own  the  call  divine. 


484 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


4  Now  rest,  my  long  divided  heart ; 

Fixed  on  this  blissful  centre,  rest: 
Here  have  I  found  a  nobler  part, 

Here  heavenly  pleasures  fill  my  breast. 

5  High  Heaven,  that  hears  the  solemn  vow, 

That  vow  renewed  shall  daily  hear  ; 
Till  in  life's  latest  hour  I  bow, 
And  bless  in  death  a  bond  so  dear. 

HYMN  646.     L.  M. 
A  Welcome  to  Christian  Fellowship. 

COME  in,  thou  blessed  of  the  Lord, 
0  come  in  Jesus'  precious  name  ; 
We  welcome  thee  with  one  accord, 
And  trust  the  Saviour  does  the  same. 

2  Those  joys  which  earth  cannot  afford, 

We'll  seek  in  fellowship  to  prove, 
Joined  in  one  spirit  to  our  Lord, 
Together  bound  by  mutual  love. 

3  And  while  we  pass  this  vale  of  tears, 

We'll   make   our  joys   and   sorrows 
known  ; 
We'll  share  each  others'  hopes  and  fears, 
And  count  a  brother's  cares  our  own. 

4  Once  more  our  welcome  we  repeat ; 

Receive  assurance  of  our  love  ; 
0  may  we  all  together  meet 

Around  the  throne  of  God  above  ! 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


485 


A 


HYMN  647.     C.  M. 
The  heavenly  Race. 
WAKE,  my  soul,  stretch  every  nerve, 


And  press  with  vigor  on  : 
A  heavenly  race  demands  thy  zeal, 
A  bright,  immortal  crown. 

'Tis  God?s  all-animating  voice 
That  calls  thee  from  on  high ; 

'Tis  his  own  hand  presents  the  prize 
To  thine  aspiring  eye. 

A  cloud  of  witnesses  around, 

Hold  thee  in  fall  survey : 
Forget  the  steps  already  trod, 

And  onward  urge  thy  way. 

Blest  Saviour,  introduced  by  thee, 

Have  we  our  race  beg-un  ; 
And,  crowned  with  victory,  at  thy  feet 

We'll  lay  our  laurels  down. 


HYMN  648.     CM. 

The  heavenly  Mansion. 

THERE   is   a   house   not   made  with 
Eternal  and  on  high  ;  [hands, 

And  here  my  spirit  waiting  stands, 
Till  God  shall  bid  it  fly. 


436 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


2  Shortly  this  prison  of  my  clay 

Mast  be  dissolved  and  fall ; 

Then,  0  my  soul,  with  joy  obey 

Thy  heavenly  Father's  call. 

3  We  walk  by  faith  of  joys  to  come  ; 

Faith  lives  upon  his  word  ; 
But  while  the  body  is  our  home, 
We're  absent  from  the  Lord. 

4  'Tis  pleasant  to  believe  thy  grace, 

But  we  had  rather  see  ; 
We  would  be  absent  from  the  flesh, 
And  present,  Lord,  with  thee. 

HYMN  649.     S.  M. 
Watchfulness  and  Prayer  inculcated. 

MY  soul,  be  on  thy  guard, 
Ten  thousand  foes  arise  ; 
The  hosts  of  sin  are  pressing-  hard 
To  draw  thee  from  the  skies. 

2  0  watch,  and  fight,  and  pray; 
The  battle  ne'er  give  o'er; 

Renew  it  boldly  every  day, 
And  help  divine  implore. 

3  Ne'er  think  the  victory  won, 
Xor  lay  thine  armor  down  ; 

Thy  arduous  work  will  not  be  done 
Till  thou  obtain  thy  crown. 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


487 


HYMN  650.     L.  M. 
This  Life  a  Pilgrimage. 

AEISE,  my  soul,  on  wines  sublime, 
Above  the  vanities  of  time  ; 
Remove  the  parting  veil,  and  see 
The  glories  of  eternity  ! 

2  Born  by  a  new,  celestial  birth, 
Why  should  I  grovel  here  on  earth? 
Why  grasp  at  vain  and  fleeting  toys, 
So  near  to  heaven's  eternal  joys  ! 

3  Shall  aught  beguile  me  on  the  road, 
"While  I  am  walking  back  to  God  ? 
Or  can  I  love  this  earth  so  well 

As  not  to  long  with  God  to  dwell  ? 

4  To  dwell  with  God !  to  taste  his  love 
Is  the  full  heaven  enjoyed  above  ; 
The  glorious  expectation  now, 

Is  heavenly  bliss  begun  below. 


HYMN  651.     L.  M. 

The  same. 

WE'VE  no  abiding  city  here, 
We  seek  a  land  beyond  our  sight ; 
Zion  its  name — the  Lord  is  there  ; 
It  shines  with  everlasting  light. 


488 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 


2  0  sweet  abode  of  peace  and  love, 

Where  pilgrims,  freed   from  toil,  are 
Had  I  the  pinions  of  a  dove,  [blest ! 

Fd  fly  to  thee — and  be  at  rest. 

3  But  hush,  my  soul,  nor  dare  repine  ! 

The  time  thy  God  appoints  is  best : 
While  here,  to  do  his  will  be  mine, 
And  his  to  fix  my  time  of  rest. 

HYMN  652.     C.  M. 

Contemplation  of  Death  and  Glory. 

MY  soul,  come,  meditate  the  day, 
And  think  how  near  it  stands, 
When  thou  must  quit  this  house  of  clay 
And  fly  to  unknown  lands. 

2  O  could  we  die  with  those  who  die, 

And  place  us  in  their  stead, 
Then  would  our  spirits  learn  to  fly 
And  converse  with  the  dead  : 

3  Then  should  we  see  the  saints  above 

In  their  own  glorious  forms, 
And  wonder  why  our  souls  should  love 
To  dwell  with  mortal  worms. 

4  We  should  almost  forsake  our  clay 

Before  the  summons  come, 
And  pray  and  wish  our  souls  away 
To  their  eternal  home. 


H 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS. 

HYMN  653.     S.  M. 

Safety  of  the  Church. 
OW  honored  is  the  place 


489 


Where  we  adoring  stand  ; 
Zion.  the  glory  of  the  earth, 
And  beauty  of  the  land  ! 

2  Bulwarks  of  grace  defend 
The  city  where  we  dwell ; 

While  walls,  of  strong  salvation  made, 
Defy  the  assaults  of  hell. 

3  Lift  up  th'  eternal  crates, 
The  doors  wide  open  fling  ; 

Enter,  ye  nations  that  obey 
The  statutes  of  your  King. 

4  Here  taste  unminp;led  joys 
And  live  in  perfect  peace, 

You  that  have  known  Jehovah's  name, 
And  ventured  on  his  grace. 


HYMN  654.     C.  M. 

Christ  blessing-  Children. 

BEHOLD,  what  condescending  love 
Jesus  on  earth  displays  ! 
To  babes  and  sucklings  he  extends 
The  riches  of  his  grace  ! 
32 


490 


ADDITIONAL    HYMNS, 


2  He  still  the  ancient  promise  keeps? 

To  onr  forefathers  given  : 
Young  children  in  his  arms  he  takes, 
And  calls  them  heirs  of  heaven. 

3  Forbid  them  not  whom  Jesus  calls. 

Nor  dare  the  claim  resist. 
Since  his  own  lips  to  us  declare 
Of  such  will  heaven  consist. 

4  With  flowing-  tears  and  thankful  hearts 

We  give  them  up  to  thee ; 
Receive  them.  Lord,  into  thine  arm?  ; 
Thine  may  they  ever  be, 


DOXOLOGIES. 


491 
)LO         5S. 


L.  M. 


PRAISE  God.  from  whom  all  bless- 
ings flow  : 

Praise  him,  all  creatures  here  below  ; 
Praise  him  above,  ye  heavenly  host; 
Praise  Father.  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost. 


L.  M. 

TO  God  the  Father,  God  the  Son, 
And  God  the  Spirit,  three  in  one, 
Be  honor,  praise,  and  glory  given, 
Bv  all  on  earth  and  all  in  heaven. 


Ss  &  7s. 


pLORY  be  to  God  the  Father, 
vJ    Glory  be  to  God  the  Son, 
Glory  be  to  God  the  Spirit, 
Everlasting  three  in  one  : 
Thee  let  heaven  and  earth  adore, 
Now,  henceforth,  and  evermore. 


492 


DOXOLOGIES. 


C.  M. 


TO  Father.  S  "     -  Ghost. 

One  God.  whom  we  adore. 
Be  glory  as  it  was.  is  now, 
And  shall  be  evermore. 


QIXG  we  to  our  God  above 
k~    Praise  eternal  as  his  love  : 

heavenly  host — 
Father,  S  I  Holy  i  rhost. 


S.  M. 

T7E  angels  round  the  throne, 
JL    And  saints  that  dwell  below, 

Adore  the  Father,  love  the  Son, 
And  bless         S      Li  too. 


C.  M. 

LET  God  the  Father,  and  the  Son, 
And  S       u     3  adored. 
Where  there  are  works  to  make  him  known, 
Or  saints  to  love  the  Lord. 


493 

INDEX  OF  FIRST  LINES. 


Awake,  my  tongue,  thy  tribute  bring  -     17 

A  thousand  oracles  divine 22 

Alas,  and  did  my  Saviour  bleed  -   -   -   -     27 

Angels  roll  the  rock  away 33 

Awake,  Jerusalem,  awake 43 

And  can  I  yet  delay 51 

Ah,  whither  should  I  go 56 

And  wilt  thou  yet  be  found 64 

All  glory  to  the  dying  Lamb 78 

Author  of  faith,  eternal  word 81 

Arise,  my  soul,  arise 84 

Almighty  Maker,  God 112 

And  can  it  be  that  I  should  gain  -  -  -  112 

And  let  our  bodies  part 114 

All  praise  to  our  redeeming  Lord  -  -  -  116 

And  are  we  yet  alive 120 

Author  of  our  salvation,  thee 125 

A  charge   to   keep  I  have 149 

Away,  my  unbelieving  fear 166 

Am  I  a  soldier  of  the  cross 174 

Ah,  where   am  I  now 181 

Ah,  Lord,  with  trembling  I  confess  -  -  183 
An  inward  baptism  of  pure  fire  -  -  -  -  198 
Arm  of  the  Lord,  awake,  awake  -  -  -  -  224 

Away  with  our  fears 236 

Arise,  with  joy  survey 258 

Assembled  at  thy  great  command  -  -  -  260 


494 


INDEX    OF    FIRST    LINES. 


Away  with  our  sorrow  and  fear  -  -  -  -  275 

And  am  I  only  born  to  die 286 

And  let  this  feeble  body  fail 287 

And  must  this  body  die 289 

Ah,  lovely  appearance  of  death  -  -  -  -  290 

Ah,  when  shall  I  awake 309 

Awake,  our  souls,  away,  our  fears  -  -  -  322 

Almighty  maker  of  my  frame 332 

Awake,  my  soul,  and  with  the  sun  -  -  336 

Almighty  ruler  of  the  skies 346 

As  pants  the  hart  for  water  brooks  -  -  384 
Awake,  all-conquering  arm,  awake  -  -  391 
And  now  another  week  begins  -  -  -  -  405 
All  hail  the  power  of  Jesus'  name  -  -  -  406 
At  length  the  wished  for  spring  has  -  -  435 
And  now,  my  soul,  another  year  -  -  -  439 

Awake,  ye   saints 442 

Am  I  an  Israelite  indeed 465 

And  shall  I  sit  alone 467 

As  flows  the  rapid  river 468 

And  dost  thou  say,  "  Ask  what  thou  -  480 
Awake,  my  soul,  stretch  every  nerve  -  485 
Arise,  my  soul,  on  wings  sublime  -  -  -  487 
Behold  the  Saviour  of  mankind  -  -  -  -     30 

Blow  ye  the  trumpet,  blow 41 

Blest  are  the  sons  of  peace 118 

Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds 119 

Blest  be  the  dear  uniting  love 134 

Bid  me  of  men  beware L53 

Before  Jehovah's  awful  throne  -  -  -  -  229 
Behold  thy  temple,  God  of  grace  -  -  -  233 

By  cool   Siloam's  shady  rill 251 

Behold  the  mountain  of  the  Lord  -  -  -  257 


INDEX    OF    FIRST    LINES. 


495 


Before  the  hills  in  order  stood 285 

Behold,  with  awful  pomp 300 

Behold,  the  blind  their  sight  receive  -  315 
Blest  are  the  humble  souls  that  see  -  -  323 
Brethren  in  Christ  and  well  beloved  -  -  335 
Blest  is  the  man  that  shuns  the  place  -  344 
Blest  is  the  man,  for  ever  blest  -  -  -  -  375 

Blest  is  the  man  whose  heart 382 

Blest  is  the  man  who  loves  the  poor  -  -  383 

Be  merciful  to  us,  O  God 390 

Blood  has  a  voice  to  pierce  the  skies  -  412 

Behold,  what  wondrous  grace 461 

Behold  the  western  evening  light  -  -  -  475 
Behold,  what  condescending  love  -  -  -  489 
Come,  ye  sinners,  poor  and  needy  -  -  39 
Come,  ye  sinners,  to  the  gospel  feast  -  40 
Come,  O  thou  traveller  unknown  -  -  -  67 
Come,  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost,  one  71 
Come,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove  -  -  78 
Come,  let  us  who  in  Christ  believe  -  -  91 
Come,  thou  fount  of  every  blessing  -  -     97 

Come,  ye  that  love   the  Lord 98 

Come,  let  us  join  our  cheerful  songs  -  107 
Come,  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost  -  -  123 
Celestial  Dove,  descend  from  high  -  -  124 
Come,  Saviour,  let  thy  tokens  prove  -  126 
Come,  let  us  use  the  grace  divine  -  -  -  131 

Come,  and  let  us  sweetly  join 136 

Come,  thou  high  and  lofty  Lord  -  -  -  137 
Children  of  the  heavenly  king  -  -  -  -  161 
Come  on,  my  partners  in  distress  -  -  -  168 
Come,  Saviour,  Jesus,  from  above  -  -  190 
Come,  thou  omniscient  Son  of  Man  -  -  197 


496 


INDEX    OF    FIRST    LINES. 


Come,  Lord,  and  claim  me  for  thine  - 
Come,  O  thou  greater  than  our  heart  -  2  B 
Come,  O  my  God,  the  promise  seal  -  -  '210 
Comfort,  ye  ministers  of  grace  -  -  -  -  '-216 
Come,  Holy  Ghost,  our  hearts  inspire  -  225 
Come,  let  us  anew  our  journey  pursue  243 
Courage,  my  soul,  the  bitter  cross  -  -  28Q 
Comfort,  ye  ministers  of  grace  .--.:■  7 
Come,  sound  his  praise  abroad  -  -  -  -  313 
Christ,  the  Lord,  is  risen  to-day  -  -  -  -  319 
Come,  let  us  join  our  friends  above  -  -  334 
Canst  thou  reject  our  dying  prayer  -   -  338 

Come  to  the  house  of  prayer 360 

Come,  let  us  join  with  sweet  accord  -  365 
Children  in  years  and  knowledge  young  376 

Come,  hearken  unto  me 377 

Come,  all  ye  weary  and  unblest  -  -  -  -  415 
Come,  let  us  strike  our  harps  afresh  -  -  473 
Come  in,  thou  blessed  of  the  Lord  -  -  4^4 

Depth  of  mercy,  can  there  be 185 

Deepen  the  wound  thy  hands  have  -  -  209 
Draw  near,  O  Son  of  God,  draw  near  -  "J  17 
Daughter  of  Zion.  from  the  dust  -  -  -  25  I 

Daughters  of  the  pilgrim  sires 264 

Did  Christ  o'er  sinners  weep 44^ 

Eternal  power,  whose  high  abode  -  -  -  9 
Eternal   wisdom,  thee  we   praise   -  -  -  -  10 

Eternal  God,  almighty   cause 13 

Extended  on  a  cursed  tree 28 

Except  the  Lord  conduct   the  plan  -  -   132 

Eternal  beam  of  light  divine 170 

Eternal  source  of  every  joy 244 

Ere  the  blue  heavens  were  stretched  -  407 


INDEX    OF    FIRST    LIXES. 


497 


Ere  mountains  reared  their  forms  -  -  -  444 
Father,  how  wide  thy  glories  shine  -  -  10 
Father  of  heaven,  whose  love  profound  23 
Father,  live,  by  all  things  feared  -  -  -  '^4 
From  whence  those  direful  omens  round  30 
Father,  I  stretch  my  hands  to  thee  -  -     79 

Father  of  all,  by  whom  we  are 144 

For  zeal  I  sigh,  for  zeal  I  pant 175 

For  ever  here  my  rest  shall  be 101 

Father,  I  dare  believe 193 

Father,  into  thy  hands  alone 212 

Father,  to  thee   my  soul  I  lift '213 

Father  of  all,  in  whom   alone 226 

Father  of  mercies,  in  thy  word  -  -  -  -  227 
From  all  that  dwell  below  the  skies  -  -  223 
Fountain  of  life,  enthroned  above  -  -  -  234 
From  year  to  year  in  love  we  meet  -  -  249 
From  Greenland's  icy  mountains  -  -  -  254 
From  o'er  the  Rocky  Mountains  -  -  -  255 
Forth  in  thy  name,  O  Lord,  I  go  -  -  -  312 

Father  of  boundless  grace 325 

Father  of  all,  thy  care  we  bless  -  -  -  -  333 
Fools  in  their  hearts  believe  and  cry  -  351 

Firm  was  my  health 373 

Fountain  of  mercy,  God  of  love  -  -  -  -  433 
Faith  is   the  brightest  evidence  -  -  -  -  457 

Faith,  'tis  a  precious  grace 458 

For  a  season  called  to  part 471 

God  is  in  this  and  every  place 61 

Great  God,  indulge  my  humble  claim  -  63 
Great  God,  to  me  the  sight  afford  -  -  -  85 
Giver  of  concord,  Prince  of  peace  -  -  -  118 
God  of  all  consolation,  take 121 


498 


INDEX    OF    FIRST    LINES. 


Glory  to  God  on  high 137 

God  of  almighty  love 150 

Gracious  Redeemer,  shake 151 

Give  me  a  sober  mind 153 

God  moves  in  a  mysterious  way  -  -  -  -  165 
God  of  all  power,  and  truth,  and  grace,  203 
Go,  preach  my  Gospel,  saith  the  Lord,  219 
Glory  to  God,  whose  sovereign  grace  -  2*23 
Great  God,  thy  watchful  care  we  bless  231 
Great  God,  attend,  while  Zion  sings  -  232 

Great  is  the  Lord  our  God 233 

God  of  my  life,  to  thee 235 

God  of  my  life,  through  all   my  days  -  233 

Give  glory  to  Jesus  our  head 2  5 

God,  the  offended  God  most  high  -  -  -  303 

God  is  the  refuge  of  his  saints 325 

Give  rne  the  wings  of  faith  to  rise  -  -  -  333 
Glory  to  thee,  my  God,  this  night  -  -  -  337 

Guard  me,  for  in  thee  I  trust 354 

Great  Shepherd  of  thy  people,  hear  -  -  362 
Go,  messenger  of  peace  and  love  -  -  -  305 

Go,  ye  messengers  of  God 3'.  6 

God  spake,  and  from  chiotic  night  -  -  399 
Great  God,  how  glorious  art  thou  -  -  -  4  'J 
Great  God,  we  would  to  thee  make  -  -  427 
God  of  mercy,  hear  our  prayer  -  -  -  -  42S 

Great  God,  now  condescend 430 

Great  God,  as  seasons  disappear  -  -  -  -  432 

God  of  eternity,  from  thee 439 

Great  God,  we  sing  that  mighty  hand  442 
God  of  our  lives,  thy  various  praise   -  -  443 

Glory  be  to  God  the  Father 491 

Holy  as  thou,  O  Lord,  is  none 12 


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499 


How  sad  our  state  by  nature  is  -  -  -  -  26 
He  dies,  the  friend  of  sinners  dies  -  -  -  37 
Ho.  every  one  that  thirst  draw  nigh  -   -     44 

How  can  a  sinner  know 32 

How  happy  are  they B8 

How  happy,  gracious  Lord,  are  we  -  -  9'2 
How  tedious  and  tasteless  the  hours  -  -  95 
Happy  the  man  that  finds  the  grace  -  -     96 

Happy  souls  to  Jesus  joined 99 

How  happy  every  child  of  oraee  -  -  -  110 
How  large  the  promise,  how  divine  -  -  125 
Help,  Lord,  to  whom  for  help  we  fly  -  145 
How  vain  are  all  things  here  below  -  -  149 
How  do  thy  mercies  close  me  round   -  -   161 

Hark,  how  the  watchmen  cry 173 

How  shall  a  lost   sinner  in  pain  -   -   -   -   182 

He  wills  that  I  should  holy  be 200 

High  ob  his  everlasting  throne  -  -  -  -  "215 

How  beauteous  are  their  feet '215 

How  pleasant,  how  divinely  fair  -  -  -   -  231 

Hark,  the  herald   angels   sing 242 

Heard  ye  the  mighty  rushing 264 

Hark,  I  hear  the  voice  of  anguish  -  -  -  265 
How  happy  is  the  pilgrim's  lot  -  -  -  -  281 
His  master  taken  from  his  head  -  -  -  -  '254 
Hark,  from  the  tombs  a  doleful  sound  -  288 
Happy  soul,  thy  days  are  ended  -  -  -  -  2 

He  comes,  he  comes 301 

Happy  soul  that  first  believed 303 

High  in  the  heavens,  eternal  God  -  -  -  310 
Happy  the  heart  where  graces  rei<rn  -  -27 
Hear  what  the  voice  from  heaven  -  -  -  329 
Head  of  thy  church,  whose  Spirit  fills  -  330 


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How  are  thy  servants  blest,  O  Lord  -  -  340 
How  many  pass  the  guilty  night  -  -  -  341 
Help,  Lord,  for  men  of  virtue  fail  -  -  -  348 
How  long,  O  Lord,  shall  I  complain  -  349 
How  long  wilt  thou  conceal  thy  face  -  350 
How  did  my  heart  rejoice  to  hear  -  -  -  356 

How  pleased  and  blest  was  I 358 

Hasten,  Lord,  thy  promised  hour  -  -  -  397 

Hark,  the  herald  angels  say 411 

Here  in  thy  name,  eternal  God  -  -  -  -  424 
How  can  we  see  the  children,  Lord  -  -  429 
How  swift,  alas,  the  moments  fly  -  -  -  445 
Here  at  thy  cross,  my  Saviour  God  -  -  451 

How  gentle  God's  commands 466 

How  blest  the  sacred  tie  that  binds  -  -  479 
How  sweet,  how  heavenly  is  the  sight  481 

How  honored  is  the  place 489 

Indulgent  Lord,  thy  goodness  reigns  -  19 
I  thirst,  thou  wounded  Lamb  of  God  -     70 

I  ask  the  gift  of  righteousness 86 

I'll  praise  my  Maker  while  I've  breath  104 
I  and  my  house  will  serve  the  Lord  -  -  144 

I  want  a  principle  within 146 

If  now  I  have  acceptance  found  -  -  -  -  210 

I  long  to  behold  him  arrayed 273 

In  the  sun,  and  moon,  and  stars  -  -  -  -  297 

I  give  immortal  praise 343 

In  thee,  O  Lord,  I  put  my  trust  -  -  -  -  346 

I  love  to  see  the  Lord  below 358 

I  will  extol  the  Lord  on  high 372 

In  trouble,  Lord,  to  thee  I  pray  -  -  -  -  374 

I  waited  patient  for  the  Lord 381 

In  thy  house  when  now  we  sing  -  -  -  402 


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501 


Isles  of  the  south,  awake 419 

Is  this  the  kind  return 444 

I  know  that  my  Redeemer  lives  -  -  -  -  453 

In  vain  I  trace  creation  o'er 450 

It  is  the  Lord,  enthroned  in  light  -  -  -  4G4 
Jesus,  the  sinner's  friend,  to  thee   -  -  -     51 

Jesus,  thy  far-extended  fame 63 

Jesus,  thou  all-redeeming  Lord  -  -  -  -  71 
Jesus,  from   whom  all  blessings  flow  -     74 

Jesus,  the  all-restoring  Word 75 

Jesus,  I  fain  would  rind 77 

Jesus,  thou  everlasting   King 94 

Jesus,  thy  blood  and  righteousness  -   -  111 

Jesus,  we  look  to  thee 117 

Jesus,  united  by   thy  grace 1*26 

Jesus,  at  whose  supreme  command  -   -   128 

Jesus,  we  thus  obey 123 

Jesus,  Lord,  we   look  to  thee 135 

Jesus,  my  all,  to  heaven  is  gone  -  -  -  -  159 
Jesus,  great  Shepherd  of  the  sheep  -  -  167 

Jesus,  I  fain  would  find 175 

Jesus,  my   Truth,  my  Way 194 

Jesus  hath  died  that  I  might  live  -  -  -  196 
Jesus,  the   Life,  the  Truth,  the  Way  -  201 

Jesus,  thy  loving  Spirit  alone '205 

Jesus,  my  Lord,  I  cry  to  thee 206 

Jesus,  the  name  high  over  all 220 

Jesus,  my  strength  and  righteousness  -  222 
Jesus  shall  reign  where'er  the  sun  -  -  230 
Jesus,  thy  wandering  sheep  behold  -  -  261 
Jesus,  my  King,  to  thee  I  bow  -  -  -  -  308 
Join,  all  ye  ransomed  sons  of  grace  -  -  342 
Judge  me,  O  God 386 


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Jesus  the  mount  ascends 

Lord,  how  thy  wonders  are  displayed  -  14 

Lord,  thou  hast  searched  and  seen  me  15 

Lord,  all  I  am  is  known  to  thee   -  -   -  -  16 

Lord,  we  are  vile,  conceived  in  sin  -   -  25 

Lord,  I  despair  myself  to  heal 2? 

Let  every  mortal  ear  attend 46 

Light  of  the  Gentile  world,  appear  -  -  55 
Lord  Jesus,  when,  when  shall  it  be  -   -     62 

Let  the  redeemed  give  thanks  and  praise  66 

Lord,  we  come  before  thee  now  -  -  -  -  73 

Let  earth  and  heaven  agree 

Lord,  how  secure  and  blest  are  they  -  101 

Let  every  tongue  thy  goodness  speak  -  105 

Lift  up  your  hearts  to  things  above   -  -  115 

Lo,  what  an  entertaining  sight  -   -  -   -  11? 

Let  all  who  truly  bear 127 

Lord,  thou  wilt  hear  me  when  I  pray  -  139 

Lord,  in  the  morning  thou  shalt  hear  -  140 

Long  have  I  seemed  to  serve  thee,  Lore  T  - 

Love  divine,  all  loves  excelling 188 

Lord,  I  believe  thy  every  word  -  -  -  -  19*2 

Let  him  to  whom  we  now  belong  -  -  -  193 

Lord.  I  believe  a  rest  remains 196 

Loving  Jesus,  gentle  Lamb 201 

Let  not  the  wise  their  wisdom  boast  -   -  '211 

Lord,  in  the  strength  of  grace '21*2 

Lord  of  the  harvest,  hear 214 

Let  Zion's  watchmen  all  awake  -  -  -  -  221 

Lo,  God  is  here,  let  us  adore 

Lord  of  the  Sabbath,  hear  our  vows  -   - 

Lord  over  all,  if  thou  hast  made  -  -  -  -  263 

Lo,  He  comes,  with  clouds  descending  295 


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503 


Long  have  I  sat  beneath  the  sound  -  -  3*20 
Lord  of  the  wide,  extensive  main  -  -  -  339 
Lord,  whom  winds  and  seas  obey  -  -  -  340 
Lord,  the  heavens  thy  power  proclaim  356 
Let  children  hear  the  mighty  deeds  -  -  7 
Lord,  our  present  help  in  trouble  -  -   -   387 

Let  sinners  choose  the  road ■     B 

Let  not  of  Christ  and  man  the  foe  -  -  -  403 

Like  sheep  we  went  astray 409 

Lord,  look  on  all  assembled  here  -  -  -  431 
Lord,  thou  hast  scourged  our  guilty  -  -  43*2 
Lord,  while  for  all  mankind  we  pray  -  434 
Lord,  I  approach  the  mercy-seat  -  -  -  455 
Let  me  but  hear  my  Saviour  say  -   -   -  4-0 

Let  God  the  Father  and  the  Son 498 

My  soul,  repeat  his  praise 20 

Iffy  drowsy  powers,  why  sleep  ye  so  -  4S 
Iffy  sufferings  all  to   thee  are  known  -     57 

My  God,  my  life,  my  love 69 

My  hope,  my  all,  my  Saviour,  thou  -  -  75 
My  God,  the  spring  of  all  my  joys  -  -  103 
My  Saviour,  my  almighty  friend  -   -   - 

My  Saviour's  pierced  side 124 

My  God,  how  endless  is  thy  love  -  -  -  141 
My  God.  my  portion  and  my  love  -  -  -  160 

My  gracious,  loving  Lord 177 

My  God,  I  know,  I  feel  thee  mine  -  -  194 
Mortals,  awake  '.  with  angels  join  -  -  -  240 
May  I  throughout  this  day  thine  -  -  -  '247 
My  God,  if  I  may  call  thee  mine  -  -  - 
My  Shepherd  will  supply  my  need  -  -  3*26 
My  soul,  how  lovely  is  the  place  -  -  -  361 
My  God,  my  God.  my  sorrow  see  -  -  -  369 


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My  heart  rejoices  in  thy  name  -  -  -  -  373 
Make  me,  O  Lord,  mine  end  to  know  -  378 
My  Saviour,  hanging  on  the  tree  -  -  -  414 
My  dear  Redeemer  and  my  Lord  -  -.-  446 
Mistaken  souls  that  dream  of  heaven  -  459 

My  soul,  be  on  thy  guard 4V6 

My  soul,  come,  meditate  the  day  -  -  -  488 
Now  from  the  altar  of  our  hearts  -  -  -  142 
Now  let  our  mourning  hearts  revive  -  283 
Now  our  mournful  songs  record  -  -  -  -  354 
No  eagle  on  his  pinions  strong;  ...  -  389 
Night  spread  her  starless  robe  around  -  477 

O  all-creating  God 20 

One   undivided   Trinity 22 

On  man  and  his  own  image  made  -  -  -  24 
Of  him  who  did  salvation  bring  -  -  -  -  31 
Our  Lord  is  risen  from  the  dead  -  -  -  -  36 
O  for  a  glance  of  heavenly  day  -  -  —  53 
O  thou  whom  once  they  flocked  to  hear  55 
O  that  I  could  my  Lord  receive  -  -  -  -  59 
O  Love  divine,  how  sweet  thou  art  -  -     60 

O  for  that  tenderness  of  heart 65 

O  that  I  could  repent 65 

O  thou  to  whose  all-searching  sight  -  -     72 

O  Sun  of  righteousness,  arise 73 

O  wouldst  thou  cast  a  pitying  look  -  -     77 

O  may  thy  powerful  word 79 

O  thou  whom  all  thy  saints  adore  -  -  -  80 
O  let  the  prisoner's  mournful  cries  -  -  81 
O  thou  who  hast  our  sorrows  borne  -  -  87 
O  for  a  thousand  tongues  to  sing  -  -  -  88 
O  tell  me  no  more  of  this  worlds  vain  102 
O  thou  God  of  my  salvation 109 


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505 


O  'tis  delight  without  alloy 113 

Once  more,  my  soul,  the  rising  day  -  -  139 

Omnipresent   God,  whose  aid 142 

O  thou  who  all  things  canst  control  -  -  154 
Oft  have  we  passed  the  guilty  night  -  156 

O  that  I  was  as  heretofore 183 

O  for  a  closer  walk  with  God 184 

O  why  did  I  my  Saviour   leave   -  -  -  -  186 

O  Jesus,  full  of  grace 187 

O  Jesus,  full  of  truth  and  grace  -  -  -  -  189 
O  for  a  heart  to  praise  my  God  -  -  -  -  190 
O  that  my  load  of  sin  were  gone  -  -  -  192 
O  joyful  sound  of  gospel  grace  -  -  -  -  196 
O  glorious  hope  of  perfect  love  -  -  -  -  199 

O  Jesus,  let  thy  dying  cry 204 

O  Jesus,  at  thy  feet  Ave  wait 204 

O  come  and  dwell  in  me 207 

Once  more  we  come  before  our  God  -  223 
O  Saviour,  whom  this  holy  morn  -  -  -  241 
O  wisdom,  whose  unfailing  power  -  -  250 
On  all  the  earth  thy  Spirit  shower  -  -  251 
Our  earth  we  now  lament  to  see  -  -  -  272 
On  Jordan's  stormy  banks  I  stand  -  -  -  279 
O  thou  before  whose  gracious  throne  -  282 

O  who  then  shall  live 301 

O  thou  whose  offering  on  the  tree  -  -  -  317 
O  thou  that  nearest  when  sinners  cry  -  321 
O  thou  that  hangest  on  the  tree  -  -  -  -  338 
Out  of  the  depth  of  self  despair  -  -  -  -  343 

O  ye  gates,  be  opened  wide 371 

O  blessed  souls  are  they 375 

O  for  a  shout  of  sacred  joy 388 

O  God  of  sovereign  grace -  -  392 

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O  thou  Sun  of  glorious  splendor  -  -  -  393 
O'er  the  realms  of  pagan  darkness  -  -  394 
On  the  mountain's  top  appearing  -  -  -  420 

O  Lord,  behold  us  at  thy  feet 428 

Our  helper,  God,  we  bless   thy  name  -  440 

Once  on  the  raging  seas 450 

O  'twas  a  joyful  sound  to  hear  -  -  -  -  453 
O  if  my  soul  was  formed  for  wo  -  -  -  -  454 

O  Lord,  my  best  desires  fulfil 461 

O  what  is  life  ?  'tis  like  a  flower  -  -  -  471 
O  Christian,  see  that  dread  array  -  -  -  478 
O  happy  day  that  fixed  my  choice  -  -  -  483 
Plunged  in  a  gulf  of  dark  despair  -  -  -  3*2 
Praise  ye  the  Lord,  'tis  orood  to  raise  -  106 
Pierce,  fill  me  with  an  humble  fear  -  -  151 

Prayer  is  appointed  to  convey 155 

Peace,  troubled  soul,  thou  needest  not  167 

Pour  out  your  soul  to  God 172 

"  Peace  "  was  the  song  the  angels  sung  "273 
Pass  a  few  swiftly  fleeting  years  -  -  -  292 
Praise  waits  in  Zion,  LorcT,  for  thee  -  -  363 
Prostrate,  dear  Jesus,  at  thy  feet  -  -  -  455 
Praise  God,  from  whom  all  blessings  -  491 
Remark,  my  soul,  the  narrow  bound  -  441 
Shout  to  the  Lord,  ye  surging  seas  -  -  11 
Sinners,  turn,  why  will  ye  die  -  -  -  -  42 
Sinners,  obey  the  gospel  word  -  -  -  -  44 
Sinners,  the  voice  of  God  regard  -  -  -  47 
Still  for  thy  loving  kindness,  Lord  -  -  53 
Show  pity,  Lord,  O  Lord,  forgive  -  -  -  54 
Stay,  thou  insulted  Spirit,  stay  ....     58 

Salvation,  O  the  joyful  sound 107 

See,  Jesus,  thy  disciples  see 133 


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507 


See  how  the  morning  sun 141 

Shepherd  divine,  our  wants  relieve  -  -  147 

Soldiers  of  Christ,  arise 171 

Sweet  was  the  time  when  first  I  felt  -  179 

Shall  I,  for  fear  of  feeble  man 217 

Saviour  of  men,  thy  searching  eve  -  -  218 
Shepherds,  rejoice,  lift  up  your  eyes  -  239 
Sing  to  the  great  Jehovah's  praise  -  -  244 
Sweet  is  the  work,  my  God,  my  King  246 

See  how  great  a  flame  aspires 253 

Shout,  for  the  great  Redeemer  reigns  -  '26') 
Shepherd  of  souls,  with  pitying  eye  -  -  262 
Shrinking  from  the  cold  hand  of  death  292 
Sinners,  obey  the  heavenly  call  -  -  -  -  305 
Summoned  my  labor  to  renew  ....  311 
Sing,  all  in  heaven,  at  Jesus"  birth  -  -  314 
Soon  as  I  heard  my  Father  say  -  -  -  -  371 
Sovereign  of  worlds,  display  thy  power  392 
Sweet  is  the  dawn  of  holy  day  -  -  -  -  404 
Soon  may  the  last  glad  song  arise  -  -.  -  418 
Stern  winter  throws  his  icy  chains  -  -  437 
So  let  our  lips  and  lives  express  -  -  -  -  462 
Sweet  peace  of  conscience,  heavenly  -  463 
So  fades  the  lovely,  blooming  flower  -  473 
Sister,  thou  wast  mild  and  lovely  -  -   -  475 

Sing  we  to  our  God  above 492 

There  is  a  God.  all  nature  speaks  -  -  -  13 
The  eye  of  God  is  every  where  -  -  -  -  15 
The  spacious  firmament  on  high  -  -  -  21 
"  *Tis  finished, "  so  the  Saviour  cried  -  34 
The  Lord  of  Sabbath  let  us  praise  -  -  -  35 
Terrible  thought  I  shall  I  alone  -  -  -  -  47 
Thou  boastest,  "  I  am  wise  and  rich'"  -     49 


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The  God  of  glory  walks  his  round  -  -  50 
Thou  Man  of  griefs,  remember  me  -  -  63 
Thou  great  mysterious  God  unknown  83 
Thy  presence,  Lord,  the  place  shall  fill  90 
Talk  with  us,  Lord,  thyself  reveal  -  -  -  91 
Thou  Shepherd  of  Israel  and  mine  -  -  94 
Thy  ceaseless,  unexhausted  love  -  -  -  101 
This,  this  is  the  God  we  adore  -  -  -  -  109 
Try  us,  O  God,  ajad  search  the  ground  121 
That  doleful  night  before  the  death  -  -  129 
The  King  of  heaven  his  table  spreads  -  130 
Thus  far  the  Lord  hath  led  me  on  -  -  -  143 

The  power  to  bless  my  house 145 

The  praying  spirit  breathe 147 

Thou  seest  my  feebleness  -------  152 

Thou,  Lord,  hast  blest  my  going  out  -  155 
Though  troubles  assail  and  dangers  -  -  163 
The  Lord  my  pasture  shall  prepare  -  -  164 
Thou  Lamb  of  God,  thou  Prince  of  -  -  169 
Thou  God  that  answerest  by  fire  -  -  -  208 
The  councils  of  redeeming  grace  -  -  -  226 

The  Lord  of  earth  and  sky 245 

'Tis  now  the  time  of  strife  and  war  -  -  254 

The  morning  light  is  breaking 256 

Think  of  our  country's  glory 266 

They  roam  where  dangers  swell  -  -  -  -  269 

'Tis  not  in  yonder  starry  host 270 

The  tempest  beats  against  my  bark  -  -  270 
The  star  was  bright  o'er  Bethlehem's  -  271 
There  is  a  land  of  pure  delight  -  -  -  -  274 
The  church  in  her  militant  state  -  -  -  277 
The  years  roll  round  and  steal  away  -  285 
The  morning  flowers  display  their  -  -  293 


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509 


Thy  life  I  read,  my  gracious  Lord  -  -  -  294 
The  Lord  will  come,  but  not  the  sam- 
Thou  Judge  of  quick  and  dead  -  -  -  -  298 

Thou  God  of  chorions  majesty 298 

That  awful  day  will  surely  come  -  -  -  299 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  !     Who  seek  the   - 
Too  strong  I  was  to  conquer  sin  -   -  -   -  306 
The  earth  and  all  her  fulness  owns  -   -  312 

Tis  finished  !  the  Celestial  dies 316 

This,  this  is  he  that  came 316 

To  God  the  only  wise 328 

The  law  and  prophets  all  foretold  -  -  -  3*29 
The  heavens  declare  thy  glory,  Lord  -  331 
The  saints  who  die  of  Christ  possessed  331 

Thou  who  hast  Zion  laid 336 

The  man  is  ever  blest 345 

This  day  the  Lord  hath  called  his  own  365 
Thine  earthly  Sabbath,  Lord,  we  love  -  366 
There's  not  a  star  whose  twinkling  -  -  367 

Thy   perfect   law,  O  Lord 355 

The  Lord  my  Shepherd  is 370 

Teach  me  the  measure  of  my  days  -  -  379 
Tnus  I  resolved  before  the  Lord  -  -  -  -  380 
Teach,  Lord,  the  measure  of  my  days  -  38  ! 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  :   "  Your  work  is  -  382 

That   man  is  blest   indeed 384 

Though  now  the  nations  sit  beneath  -  393 
They  who  in  riches  put  their  trust  -  -  397 
The  God  of  nature  and  of  grace  -  -  -  -  399 
Thy  hand,  O  Lord,  hath  spread  the  sky  400 
Thine  earthly  Sabbaths.  Lord,  we  lore  404 

The  ano-e!   hosts  appear 407 

The  Saviour  lives,  no  more  to  die  -  -  -  412 


510 


INDEX    OF    FIRST    LINES. 


There  is  a  fountain  filled  with  blood  -  413 
The  Hebrew  prophet  raised  of  old  -  -  -  415 
The  perfect  world,  by  Adam  trod  -  -  -  4*26 

The  Saviour   kindly  calls 430 

The  leaves  around  me  falling 436 

The  hoary  frost,  the  fleecy  snow  -  -  -  438 
The  saints  above  once  here  below  -  -  -  447 

The  Spirit's  voice  doth  break 44S 

Thou  Lord  of  all  above 456 

'Tis  by  the  faith  of  joys  to  come  -  -  -  457 

Time  is  winging  us  away 468 

To-morrow,  Lord,  is  thine 469 

Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave,  but  we  will  476 
Thy  presence,  everlasting  God  -  -  -  -  4^2 
There  is  a  house  not  made  with  hands  485 

To  God  the  Father,  God  the  Son 491 

To  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost 492 

Vain,  delusive  world,  adieu 157 

Vain  man,  thy  fond  pursuits  forbear  -  293 
We  need  not  soar  above  the  skies  -  -  -  12 
Wait,  O  my  soul,  thy  Maker's  will  -  -  17 
When  at  this  distance,  Lord,  we  trace     32 

What  venerable  sight  appears 35 

What  could  your  Redeemer  do  -  -  -  -  45 
When  thou,  O  Lord,  shall  stand  -  -  -  52 
Wherewith,  O  Lord,  shall  I  draw  near  58' 
Why  should  the  children  of  a  Kino;  -  -  61 
Whom  man  forsakes  thou  wilt  not  -  -     76 

We  by  his  Spirit  prove 84 

We  lift  our  hearts  to  thee 138 

With  joy  we  meditate  the  grace  -  -  -  -  158 

Whither,  O  whither  should  I  fly 162 

When  I  can  read  mv  title  clear  -  -  -  -  172.. 


IN'DEX    OF    FIRST    LINES. 


511 


What,  never  speak  one  idle  word  -  -  -  '20*2 
What  is  our  calling's  glorious  hope  -  -  206 
When  shall  I  see  the  welcome  hour  -  -  '211 
When  all  thy  mercies,  O  my  God  -  -  -  237 
When  in  the  slippery  paths  of  youth  -  '237 
While  shepherds  watched  their  flocks  -  239 

Welcome,  sweet  day  of  rest 247 

When  injured  Afric's  captive  claims  -  267 
When  through  the  torn  sail  the  wild  -  268 

We  know,  by  faith  we  know 27(5 

Who  are  these  arrayed  in  white  -  -  -  -  'JT^ 
Why  do  we  mourn  for  dying-  friends  -  291 
Who  can  describe  the  joys  that  rise  -  -  314 
When  I  survey  the  wondrous  cross  -  -  318 

Who  in  the  Lord  confide 324 

With  my  whole  heart  I'll  raise  -  -  -  -  347 
When  the  great  Judge  supreme  -  -  -  -  348 
Who  shall  ascend  thy  heavenly  place  -  352 

Who  shall  inhabit  in  thy  hill 352 

When  God  is  nigh  my  faith 353 

With  sacred  joy  we  lift  our  eyes  -  -  -  -  359 
What  shall  I  render  to  my  God  -  -  -  -  361 
Where  can  we  hide  or  whither  fly  -  -  -  263 

What  sinners  value  I  resign 369 

When  the  worn  spirit  wants  repose  -  -  364 
Why  do  the  wealthy  wicked  boast  -  -  377 
With  earnest  longings  of  the  mind  -  -  385 
With  stately  towers  and  bulwarks  -  -  -  389 
Watchman,  tell  us  of  the  night  -  -  -  -  417 
Where  shall  we  go  to  seek  and  find  -  -  425 
We  bid  thee  welcome  in  the  name  -  -  426 
With  songs  and  honors  sounding  loud  434 
With  tears  of  anguish  I  lament  -  -  *  -  446 


512 


INDEX    OF    FIRST    LINES. 


When  Christ,  with  all  his  graces  -  -  -  452 

What  though  no  flowers  the  fig-tree  -  460 

When  languor  and  disease  invade  -  -  -  465 

When  forced  to  part  from  those  we  love  470 

When  floating  on  life's  troubled  sea  -  -  4?'J 

When  blooming  youth  is  snatched  away  474 

We've  no  abiding  city  here 487 

Ye  humble  souls,  approach  your  God  -  18 

Ye  humble  souls,  proclaim  abroad  -  -  -  19 

Ye  that  pass  by,  behold  the   man  -  -  -  29 

Ye  faithful  souls  who  Jesus  know  -  -  -  38 

Ye  wretched,  huno-ry,  starving  poor  -  -  129 

Ye  Christian  heralds,  go  proclaim  -  -  -  261 

Ye  different  sects  who  all  declare   -  -  -  304 

Ye  humble  souls  that  seek  the  Lord  -  -  320 

Yes,  my  native   land,  I  love  thee  -  -  -  416 

Ye  servants  of  the  Lord 463 

Ye  men  and  angels,  witness  now  -   -  -  4^2 

Ye  angels  round  the  throne 492 

Zeal  is  that  pure  and  heavenly  flame  -  176 

Zion,  awake  !  thy  strength  renew  -  -  -  422 


THE 


DISCIPLINE 


WESLEYAN  METHODIST   CONNECTION 


OF  AMERICA. 


BOSTON: 
PUBLISHED  BY  O.  SCOTT, 

FOR     THE      Y.ESLEYAN      METHODIST      CONNECTION, 

jtohs  5.  -el±-~,   psraxix. 

1843. 


ADVERTISEMENT. 

This  Discipline  was  adopted  and  or- 
dered to  be  published,  at  a  large  Conven- 
tion of  Wesleyan  Methodists,  held  in 
Utica,  N.  Y..  May  31.  1843.  At  the 
same  time  and  place,  the  WesleyaD  Con- 
nection of  America  was  organized,  con- 
taining, at  the  time  of  its  organization, 
about  one  hundred  and  seventy  preachers, 
and  from  six  to  eight  thousand  members. 

It  is  not  presumed  that  the  Wesleyan 
Discipline  is  perfect,  but  it  is  believed  to 
be  better  than  any  other  extant :  and  it 
will  doubtless  be  better  still,  when  it  shall 
have  passed  the  ordeal  of  the  first  Gen- 
eral Conference  of  the  Wesleyan  Metho- 
dist Connection.  To  mature  and  carry 
out,  in  all  their  minutia?,  the  great  and 
glorious  principles  which  our  Discipline 
embodies,  will,  necessarily,  be  a  work  of 
time.  Publisher. 

Boston,  July  IT,  1543. 


ROLL  OF  MEMBERS  OF  THE 
UTICA  CONVENTION. 

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Jotham  Horton.  Andover. — Luther  Lee,. 
Daniel  Saunders.  Lowell. — Asa  Hall.  A. 
W.  Moulton,  J.  Kimball.  A.  T.  Nute.  L, 
Huntress.  Ley  den. — J.  Tate.  B.N.  Bul- 
lock. Boston. — J.  K.  Wellman.  Lynn. 
A.  Lummus.  Goshen. — W«  "Willcutt. 
Hadley.—E.  S.  Potter.  Rockport.— C.  O. 
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E.D.Bailey.  Charlemont . — E.D.Hawkes. 
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Elisha  Bailey. 

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gory. Canandaigua. — H.  Terry.  Onon- 
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Winfield.—O.Goff.  Pen  Yann.— -A.Bridg- 
man,  A.  Bigelow,  R.  Bennett-  Camden. — 
Lyman  Stedman,  Wm.  S.  Tuttle.  Roy- 
alston. — J.  Sibley,  A.  Warren.  Seneca 
Falls.— W.  Fox.  Durham.— I.  Hubbard. 
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ner. Potnfret. — 0.  Moore,  S.  Baird.  Tort- 
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BOOKS    AND    PERIODICALS.  V 

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ton.—B.  F.  Bradford.  Middkbury.—X. 
Havward.  Le  Rov. — R.  Randolph.  R. 
Pennell.  Onondaga. — E.Clark.  Lafaih 
ftt^.—Q.  L.  Webb:     Chazy.— Miles  Fisk. 

Pen  n  s  y  l  v  a  n  t  a  .  Pit  Ub  u  rg .  — E  d  w  ar  d 
Smith.  AJleghany. — J.  Jones.  Philadel- 
phia.— G.  W.  West,  D.  Young.  Camp- 
town. — J.  G.  Palmer,  H.  McKinney. 

Ohio.  Troy. — R.  McMuidy.  Cleave- 
land. — N.  Bond.  J.  H.  Gorham. 

Vermont.  Pawlet. — Cyrus  Prindle. 
PouUney. — Lyman  Prindle.  Bridgeport, 
E.  G.  Drake.*    Mount  Trior.— B.  Shaw. 

Connecticut.  Killingly. — Geo.  May. 
E  istford. — A.  Latham.  Tolland. — C.  W. 
Moore.     Stratford. — S   Biers. 

Rhode  Island.  Providence. — L.  C. 
Matlack,  P.  R.  Sawyer.  S.  R.  Jackson. 

New  Hampshire.  Newington. — J.  W. 
Wiggin. 

Michigan.  Nankin. — Marcus  Swift. 
Granlanc. — W.  M.  Sullivan. 


REPORT  OF  THE  COMMITTEE  ON 
BOOKS  AND  PERIODICALS. 

Resolved,  That  this  Convention  highly 
approve  of  the  True  Wesley  an.  especially 
of  the  course  pursued  towards  their  oppo- 
nents by  the  editors,  and  we  regard  its  ex- 
istence as  indispensable  to  the  prosperity 


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Wes]  :heir  best 

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n  published,  the 
members  of  this-  :  en- 

deavors to  introduce  them  to  the  us 

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Schools  require  the  publication  •!*  ■  S 
bath  School  periodical,  to  be  issued  semi- 

■  - 

riicarion  of  such  Sabbath  School  books 

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CONTENTS. 

Elementary  principles, 9 

Articles  of  religion,   - 11 

General  rules, 20 

General  and  annual  conferences,  -  -  25 
Reception   of    preachers   from   other 

denominations,  -------32 

Method  of  receiving  travelling  preach- 
ers, and  their  duty,     -----     34 

Election  and  ordination  of  elders,  and 

their  duty, 37 

Duties  of  those  who  have  the  charge 

of  circuits  and  stations,  -  -  -  -  38 
Trial   of  those  who   think  they   are 

moved  by  the  Holy  Ghost  to  preach,  40 
Matter  and  manner  of  preaching,  and 

other  public  exercises,  -  -  -  -  41 
Duty  of  preachers  to  God,  themselves, 

and  one  another, 42 

Rules  by  which  we  should  continue  or 

desist  from  preaching  at  any  place,  45 
Visiting  from  house  to  house,  -  -  -  45 
Necessity  of  union  among  ourselves,  50 
Judiciary  rules, 51 


Vlll  CONTENTS. 

Receiving  churches — their  powers  and 

accountabilities,      ------  55 

Public  worship,     -------57 

Spirit  and  truth  of  singing,     -     -     -  58 

Class  meetings, 58 

Privileges  granted  to  serious  persons 

who  are  not  of  our  Church,  -     -     -  60 

Marriage,    ---- 61 

Dress  and  furniture, 61 

Division  into  annual  conferences,  dis- 
tricts, circuits  and  stations,  -     -     -  63 
Order   for   the  administration  of  the 

Lord's  supper, 65 

Baptism  of  infants,     ------  72 

Baptism  of  adults,     ------  73 

Order  for  the  burial  of  the  dead,   -     -  77 

Form  and  manner  of  ordaining  elders,  80 

Quarterly  conferences,    -----  90 

Secret  societies, 93 

Stationing  committee, 94 

Peace, 95 

Boundaries  of  annual  conferences,    -  95 


DISCIPLINE 

WESLETiX    METHODIST   COXXECTIOS. 


•  J. 

i 

]  A  I  .iristian  church  is  a  society  of 
h-. :';••;:-  ::.  J—  .-  '.:.:.-*..  c. ~ -.- rr , o >:'j  .;.  -;.v 
o:.-\-  :..^/:-  ;"■/:  :-;..^:o  ..s  v-.o:-.:.;;,.  a.v;  .,  of 
Divine  institution. 

2 .  C  hrist  is  the  only  Head  of  the  Ch 
and  the  word  of  God  the  only  rulo  of  faith 
onduct. 

rson  who  loves  the  Lord  Jesus 
st,  and  obeys  the  gospel  of  God  our 
r,  ought  to  be  deprived  of  church 
membership. 

] 
to  private  judgment,  in  matters  of  ielig 
and  an  equal  right  to  express  his  opinion, 
in  any  way  which  will  not  violate  the  laws 
A,  or  the  rights  of  his  fellow  men. 
5.  Church  trials  should  be  conducted  on 
gospel  principles  only ;  and  no  mini- 
member  should  be  excommunicated  except 
i  morality ;  the  propagation  of  unchris- 
3 


10  ELEMENTARY    PRINCIPLES. 

tian  doctrines  ;  or  for  the  neglect  of  duties 
enjoined  by  the  word  of  God. 

6.  The  pastoral  or  ministerial  office  and 
duties  are  of  divine  appointment ;  and  all 
elders  in  the  church  of  God  are  equal ; 
but  ministers  are  forbidden  to  be  lords  over 
God's  heritage,  or  to  have  dominion  over 
the  faith  of  the  saints. 

7.  The  church  has  a  right  to  form  and 
enforce  such  rules  and  regulations  only, 
as  are  in  accordance  with  the  Holy  Scrip- 
tures, and  may  be  necessary  or  have  a 
tendency  to  carry  into  effect  the  great 
system  of  practical  Christianity. 

8.  Whatever  power  may  be  necessary 
to  the  formation  of  rules  and  regulations, 
is  inherent  in  the  ministers  and  members 
of  the  church  ;  but  so  much  of  that  power 
may  be  delegated,  from  time  to  time,  upon 
a  plan  of  representation,  as  they  may  judge 
necessary  and  proper. 

9.  It  is  the  duty  of  all  ministers  and 
members  of  the  Church  to  maintain  godli- 
ness, and  to  oppose  all  moral  evil. 

10.  It  is  obligatory  on  ministers  of  the 
gospel  to  be  faithful  in  the  discharge  of 
their  pastoral  and  ministerial  duties;  and 
it  is  also  obligatory  on  the  members,  to 
esteem  ministers  highly  for  their  works' 
sake,  and  to  render  them  a  righteous 
fcpnpensation  for  their  labors. 

-shfli 


ARTICLES    OF    RELIGION,  11 

Section  II. 
ARTICLES  OF  RELIGION. 

I.  Of  Faith  in  the  Holy  Tnmty. 
There  is  but  one  living  and  true  God, 
everlasting,  of  infinite  power,  wisdom,  and 
goodness  :  the  maker  and  preserver  of  all 
things,  visible  and  invisible.  And  in  unity 
of  this  Godhead  there  are  three  persons 
of  one  substance,  power,  and  eternity  ; — 
the  Father,  the  Son,  [the  Word]  and"  the 
Holy  Ghost. 

II.  Of  the  Son  of  God. 
The  only  begotten  Son  of  God  was 
conceived  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  born  of  the 
Virgin  Mary,  suffered  under  Pontius  Pilate, 
was  crucified,  dead,  and  buried,  to  be  a 
sacrifice,  not  only  for  original  guilt,  but 
also  for  the  actual  sins  of  men,  and  to 
reconcile  us  to  God. 

III.     Of  the  Resurrection  of  Christ. 

Christ  did  truly  rise  again  from  the 
dead,  taking  his  body,  with  all  things 
appertaining  to  the  perfection  of  man's 
nature,  wherewith  he  ascended  into  heaven, 
and  there  sitteth  until  he  return  to  judge 
all  men  at  the  last  day. 


12  ARTICLES    OF    RELIGION. 

IV.     Of  the  Holy   Ghost. 
The  Holy  Ghost,  proceeding  from  the 
Father  and  the  Son,  is  of  one  substance, 
majesty,  and  glory,  with  the  Father  and 
the  Son,  very  and  eternal  God. 

V.  The  Sufficiency  of  the  Holy  Scriptures 
for  Salvation. 
The  Holy  Scriptures  contain  all  things 
necessary  to  salvation  :  so  that  whatsoever 
is  not  read  therein,  nor  may  be  proved 
thereby,  is  not  to  be  required  of  any  man, 
that  it  should  be  believed  as  an  article  of 
faith,  or  be  thought  requisite  or  necessary 
to  salvation.  In  the  name  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures,  we  do  understand  these  canon- 
ical books  of  the  Old  and  New  Testament, 
of  whose  authority  there  is  no  doubt  in 
the  Church. 

The  canonical  books  of  the  Old  Testa- 
ment are — 

Genesis, 

Exodus, 

Leviticus, 

Numbers, 

Deuteronomy, 

Joshua, 

Judges, 

Ruth, 

I.  Samuel, 

II.  Samuel, 


i 


ARTICLES    OF    RELIGION.  13 

I.  King's, 

II.  Kings, 

I.  Chronicles, 

II.  Chronicles, 
Ezra , 

Nehemiah, 
Esther, 

Job, 
Psalms, 
Proverbs, 
Ecclesiastes, 
The  Song  of  Solomon, 
Isaiah, 
Jeremiah, 
Lamentations, 
Ezekiel, 
Daniel, 
Hosea, 
Joel, 
Amos, 
Obadiah, 
Jonah, 
Mieah, 
Nahum, 
Habakkak, 
Zephaniah, 
Haggai, 
Zechariah,  and 
Malachi. 
The  canonical  books  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment are — 
Matthew, 


14  ARTICLES    OF    RELIGION, 

Mark, 

Luke, 

John. 

The  Acts, 

The  Epistle  to  the  Romans^ 

I.  Corinthians, 

II.  Corinthians, 
Galatians, 
Ephesians, 
Philippians, 
Colossians, 

I.  Thessalonians, 

II.  Thessalonians, 

I.  Timothy, 

II.  Timothy, 
Titus, 
Philemon, 
Hebrews, 
James, 

I.  Peter, 

II.  Peter, 

I.  John, 

II.  John, 

III.  John, 
Jude,  and 
Revelation. 

VI.     Of  the  Old  Testament. 

The  Old  Testament  is  not  contrary  to 

the  New  ;  for  both  in  the  Old  and  New 

Testament,    everlasting  life  is   offered   to 

mankind  through  Christ,  who  is  the  only 


ARTICLES    OF    RELIGION.  15 

Mediator  between  God  and  man.  Where- 
fore they  are  not  to  be  heard,  who  feign 
that  the  old  fathers  did  look  only  for  trans- 
itory promises.  Although  the  law  given 
from  God  by  Moses,  as  touching  ceremo- 
nies and  rites,  doth  not  bind  Christians, 
nor  ought  the  civil  precepts  thereof  of 
necessity  be  received  in  any  common- 
wealth; yet,  notwithstanding,  no  Christian 
whatsoever  is  free  from  the  obedience  of 
the  commandments  wThich  are  called  moral. 

VII.  Of  Relative  Duties. 
Those  two  great  commandments  which 
require  us  to  love  the  Lord  our  God  with 
all  our  hearts,  and  our  neighbor  as  our- 
selves, contain  the  sum  of  the  divine  law 
as  it  is  revealed  in  the  Scriptures,  and  are 
the  measure  and  perfect  rule  of  human 
duty,  as  well  for  the  ordering  and  directing 
of  families  and  nations,  and  all  other  social 
bodies,  as  for  individual  acts  ;  by  which  we 
are  required  to  acknowledge  God  as  our 
only  supreme  ruler,  and  all  men  as  created 
by  him,  equal  in  all  natural  rights.  Where- 
fore all  men  are  bound  so  to  order  all  their 
individual  and  social  acts,  as  to  render  to 
God  entire  and  absolute  obedience,  and  to 
secure  to  all  men  the  enjoyment  of  every 
natural  right,  as  well  as  to  promote  the 
greatest  happiness  of  each  in  the  possession 
and  exercise  of  such  rights. 


16  ARTICLES    OF    RELIGION. 

VIII.  Of  Original  or  Birth  Sin. 
Original  sin  standeth  not  in  the  follow- 
ing of  Adam,  (as  the  Pelagians  do  vainly 
talk,)  but  it  is  the  corruption  of  the  nature 
of  every  man,  that  naturally  is  engendered 
of  the  offspring  of  Adam,  whereby  man  is 
wholly  gone  from  original  righteousness, 
and  of  his  own  nature  inclined  to  evil,  and 
that  continually. 

IX.  Of  Free  Will 
The  condition  of  man  after  the  fall  of 
Adam  is  such,  that  he  cannot  turn  and 
prepare  himself,  by  his  own  natural  strength 
and  works,  to  faith,  and  calling  upon  God  ; 
wherefore  we  have  no  power  to  do  good 
works,  pleasant  and  acceptable  to  God, 
without  the  grace  of  God  by  Christ  work- 
ing in  us,  that  we  may  have  a  good  will, 
and  working  with  us,  wmen  we  have  that 
good  will. 

X.  Of  the  Justification  of  Man. 
We  are  accounted  righteous  before  God, 
only  for  the  merit  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour 
Jesus  Christ  by  faith,  and  not  for  our  own 
works  or  deservings  : — Wherefore,  that  we 
are  justified  by  faith  only,  is  a  most  whole- 
some doctrine,  and  very  full  of  comfort. 

XL     Of  Good  Works. 
Although  good   works,  which  are  the 


ARTICLES    OF    RELIGION.  17 

fruit  of  faith,  and  follow  after  justification, 
cannot  put  away  our  sins,  and  endure  the 
severity  of  God's  judgments  :  yet  are  they 
pleasing  and  acceptable  to  God  in  Christ, 
and  spring  out  of  a  true  and  lively  faith, 
insomuch  that  by  them  a  lively  faith  may 
be  as  evidently  known  as  a  tree  is  dis- 
cerned by  its  fruit. 

XII.  Of  Sin  after  Justification. 
Not  every  sin  willingly  committed  after 
justification  is  the  sin  against  the  Holy 
Ghost,  and  unpardonable.  Wherefore, 
repentance  is  not  denied  to  such  as  fall 
into  sin  after  justification  :  after  we  have 
received  the  Holy  Ghost,  we  may  depart 
from  grace  given,  and  fall  into  sin,  and,  by 
the  grace  of  God,  rise  again  to  amend  our 
lives.  And  therefore  they  are  to  be  con- 
demned, who  say  they  can  no  more  sin  as 
long  as  they  live  here  :  or  deny  the  place 
of  forgiveness  to  such  as  truly  repent. 

XIII.     Of  the  Sacraments. 

Sacraments  ordained  of  Christ  are  not 
only  badges  or  tokens  of  Christian  men's 
profession  ;  but  they  are  certain  signs  of 
grace,  and  God's  grood  will  towards  us,  by 
which  he  doth  work  invisibly  in  us,  and 
doth  not  only  quicken,  but  also  strengthen 
and  confirm  our  faith  in  him. 

There  are  two  sacraments  ordained  of 


18  ARTICLES    OF    RELIGION. 

Christ  our  Lord,  in  the  Gospel :  that  is  to 
say.  Baptism  and  the  Supper  of  the  Lord. 

XIV.  Of  Baptism. 
Baptism  is  not  only  a  sign  of  profession, 
and  mark  of  difference,  whereby  Christians 
are  distinguished  from  others  that  are  not 
baptized  ;  but  it  is  also  a  sign  of  regene- 
ration or  the  new  birth.  The  baptism  of 
young  children  is  to  be  retained  in  the 
Church. 

XV.  Of  the  Lord's  Supper. 
The  supper  of  the  Lord  is  not  only  a 
sign  of  the  love  that  Christians  ought  to 
have  among  themselves  one  to  another, 
but  rather  it  is  a  sacrament  of  our  redemp- 
tion by  Christ's  death  :  insomuch  that,  to 
such  as  rightly,  worthily,  and  with  faith 
receive  the  same,  it  is  made  a  medium 
through  which  God  doth  communicate 
grace  to  the  heart. 

XVI.  Of  the  one  Oblation  of  Christ  fin- 
ished upon  the  Cross. 
The  offering  of  Christ,  once  made,  is 
that  perfect  redemption  and  propitiation 
for  all  the  sins  of  the  whole  world,  both 
original  and  actual :  and  there  is  none 
other  satisfaction  for  sin  but  that  alone. 
Wherefore  to  expect  salvation  on  the 
ground  of  our  own  works,  or  by  suffering 


ARTICLES    OF    RELIGION.  19 

the  pains  our  sins  deserve,  either  in  the 
present  or  future  state,  is  derogatory  to 
Christ's  offering  for  us.  and  a  dangerous 
deceit. 

XVII.  Of  the   Bites   and  Ceremonies   of 

Churches. 

It  is  not  necessary  that  rites  and  cere- 
monies should  in  all  places  be  the  same,  or 
exactly  alike  :  for  they  have  always  been 
different,  and  may  be  changed  according 
to  the  diversity  of  countries,  times,  and 
mems  manners,  so  that  nothing  be  or- 
dained against  God's  word. 

Every  particular  Church  may  ordain, 
change,  or  abolish  rites  and  ceremonies, 
so  that  all  things  may  be  done  to  edifi- 
cation. 

XVIII.  Of  the  Resurrection  of  the  Dead. 
There  will  be  a  general  resurrection  of 

the  dead,  both  of  the  just  and  the  unjust, 
at  which  time  the  souls  and  bodies  of  men 
will  be  reunited  to  receive  together  a  just 
retribution  for  the  deeds  done  in  the  body 
in  this  life. 

XIX.     Of  the  General  Judgment. 

There  will  be  a  general  judgment  at  the 

end  of  the   world,  when  God  will  judge 

all   men    by   Jesus    Christ,    and    receive 

the  righteous  into  his  heavenly  kingdom, 


20  nature,   design 

where  ***©y  shall  be  forever  secure  and 
h«ppy  ;  and  adjudge  the  wicked  to  ever- 
lasting punishment  suited  to  the  demerit 
of  their  sins. 


Section  III. 

The  Xature,  Design  and  General  Rules  of 
our  United  Churches. 
(I)  In  the  latter  end  of  the  year  1739r 
eight  or  ten  persons  came  to  Mr.  Wesley 
in  London,  who  appeared  to  be  deeply 
convinced  of  sin,  and  earnestly  groaning 
for  redemption.  They  desired  (as  did  two 
or  three  more  the  next  day)  that  he  would 
spend  some  time  with  them  in  prayer,  and 
advise  them  how  to  flee  from  the  wrath  to 
come,  which  they  saw  continually  hanging 
over  their  heads.  That  he  might  have 
more  time  for  this  great  work,  he  appointed 
a  day  when  they  might  all  come  together; 
which  from  thenceforward  they  did  every 
week,  namely,  on  Thursday,  in  the  even- 
Lag.  To  these,  and  as  many  more  as 
desired  to  join  with  them,  (for  their  number 
increased  daily.)  he  srave  those  advices 
from  time  to  time  which  he  judged  most 
needful  for  them  ;  and  they  always  con- 
cluded their  meeting  with  prayer  suited  to- 
their  several  necessities. 


AND    GENERAL    RULES.  21 

(2)  This  was  the  rise  of  the  Wesleyan 

Churches,  first  in  Europe,  then  in  Amer- 
ica. Such  a  Church  is  no  other  than  *"a 
company  of  men  having  the  form  and  seek- 
ing the  power  of  godliness,  united  in  order 
to  pray  together,  to  receive  the  word  of 
exhortation,  and  to  watch  over  one  another 
in  love,  that  they  may  help  each  other  to 
work  out  their  salvation." 

(3)  That  it  may  the  more  easily  he 
discerned  whether  they  are  indeed  working 
out  their  own  salvation,  each  church  is 
divided  into  smaller  companies,  called 
classes,  according  to  their  respective 
places  of  abode.  There  are  about  twelve 
persons  in  a  class,  one  ol  whom  is  styled 
the  leader.     Tt  is  his  duty. 

I.  To  see  each  person  in  his  class,  if 
practicable,  once  a  week  at  least  :  in  order, 

I.  To  inquire  how  their  souls  prosper. 
•J.   To  advise,  reprove,  comfort,  or  ex- 
hort, as  occasion  may  require. 

3.  To  receive  what  they  are  willing  to 
give  toward  the  support  of  the  preachers. 

II.  To  meet  the  ministers  and  stewards 
•of  the  church  ;  in  order, 

1.  To  inform  the  minister  of  any  that 
are  sick,  or  of  any  that  walk  disorderlv, 
and  will  not  be  reproved. 

2.  To  pay  the  stewards  what  they  have 
received  at  their  weekly  class  collections. 

(4)  There  is  only  one  condition  previ- 


22  NATURE,    DESIGN 

ously  required  of  those  who  desire  admis- 
sion on  probation  into  these  churches,  "  a 
desire  to  flee  from  the  wrath  to  come,  and 
to  be  saved  from  their  sins."  But  wher- 
ever this  is  really  fixed  in  the  soul,  it  will 
be  shown  by  its  fruits.  It  is  therefore 
expected,  of  all  who  continue  therein,  that 
they  should  continue  to  evidence  their 
desire  of  salvation, 

First.  By  doing  no  harm,  by  avoiding 
evil  of  every  kind,  especially  that  which 
is  most  generally  practised  :  such  as, 

The  taking  of  the  name  of  God  in  vain. 

The  profaning  the  day  of  the  Lord, 
either  by  doing  ordinary  work  therein,  or 
by  buying  or  selling. 

Drunkenness,  or  the  manufacturing,  buy- 
ing, selling  or  using  intoxicating  liquors, 
unless  for  mechanical,  chemical,  or  medici- 
nal purposes  ;  or.  in  any  way,  intentionally 
and  knowingly,  aiding  others  so  to  do. 

The  buying  or  selling  of  men,  women 
or  children,  with  an  intention  to  enslave 
them  ;  or  holding  them  as  slaves  ;  or  claim- 
ing that  it  is  right  so  to  do. 

The  giving  or  taking  things  on  usury, 
i.  e.  unlawful  interest. 

Fighting,  quarrelling,  brawling,  brother 
going  to  law  with  brother  ;  returning  evil 
for  evil;  or  railing  for  railing;  the  using 
many  words  in  buying  or  selling. 

The  buying  or  selling  goods  that  have 
not  paid  the  duty. 


AND    GENERAL    RULES.  23 

Uncharitable  or  unprofitable  conversa- 
tion. 

Doing  to  others  as  we  would  not  they 
should  do  unto  us. 

Doing  what  we  know  is  not  for  the  glory 
of  God  ;  as. 

The  putting  on  of  gold  and  costly  ap- 
parel. 

The  taking  such  diversions  as  cannot  be 
used  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus. 

The  singing  those  songs,  or  reading 
those  books,  which  do  not  tend  to  the 
knowledge  or  love  of  God. 

Softness  and  needless  self-indulgence. 

Laying  up  treasure  upon  earth. 

Borrowing  without  a  probability  of  pay- 
ing ;  or  taking  up  goods  without  a  proba- 
bility of  paying  for  them. 

(5)  It  is  expected  of  all  who  continue 
in  these  churches,  that  they  should  con- 
tinue to  evidence  their  desire  of  salvation, 

Secondly,  By  doing  good,  by  being  in 
every  kind  merciful  after  their  power,  as 
they  have  opportunity,  doing  good  of  every 
possible  sort,  and,  as  far  as  possible,  to 
all  men. 

To  their  bodies,  of  the  ability  which 
God  giveth,  by  giving  food  to  the  hungry, 
by  clothing  the  naked,  by  visiting  or  help- 
ing them  that  are  sick,  or  in  prison. 

To  their  souls,  by  instructing,  reproving, 
or  exhorting  all  we  have  any  intercourse 


24  GENERAL    RULES. 

with  ;  trampling  under  foot  that  enthusi- 
astic doctrine,  that  "we  are  not  to  do 
good  unless  our  hearts  be  free  to  it." 

By  doing  eood,  especially  to  them  that 
are  of  the  household  of  faith,  or  groaning 
so  to  be  ;  employing  them  preferably  to 
others,  buying  one  of  another,  helping 
each  other  in  business  :  and  so  much  the 
more  because  the  world  will  love  its  own, 
and  them  only. 

By  all  possible  diligence  and  frugality, 
that  the  Gospel  be  not  blamed.  By  run- 
nine  with  patience  the  race  which  is  set 
before  them,  denying  tbemselves.  and  tak- 
ing up  their  cross  daily ;  submitting  to 
bear  the  reproach  of  Christ,  to  be  as  the 
filth  and  offscouring  of  the  world  :  and 
looking  that  men  should  say  all  manner  of 
evil  of  them  falsely  for  the  Lord's  sake. 

(6)  It  is  expected  of  all  who  desire  to 
continue  in  these  churches,  that  they 
should  continue  to  evidence  their  desire 
of  salvation. 

Thirdly.  By  attending  upon  all  the  ordi- 
nances of  God:  such  are, 

The  public  worship  of  God  : 

The  ministry  of  the  word,  either  read  or 
expounded  : 

The  Supper  of  the  Lord  : 

Family  and  private  prayer  : 

Searching  the  Scriptures,  and 

Fasting  or  abstinence. 


OF    THE    CONFERENCES.  25 

(7)  These  are  the  general  rules  of  our 
churches  :  all  of  which  we  are  taught  of 
God  to  observe,  even  in  his  written  word, 
which  is  the  only  rule,  and  the  sufficient 
rule  both  of  our  faith  and  practice.  And 
all  these  we  know  his  Spirit  writes  on  truly 
awakened  hearts.  If  there  be  any  among 
us  who  observe  them  not,  who  habitually 
break  any  of  them,  let  it  be  known  unto 
them  who  watch  over  that  soul,  as  they 
who  must  give  an  account.  We  will  ad- 
monish him  of  the  error  of  his  ways.  We 
will  bear  with  him  for  a  season.  But  if 
then  he  repent  not,  he  hath  no  more  place 
among  us.  We  have  delivered  our  own 
souls. 


Section   IV. 

Of  the  General  and  Annual  Conferences. 

It  is  desired  that  all  things  be  considered 

on   these  occasions,  as  in   the  immediate 

presence  of  God  :  that  every  person  speak 

freely  whatever  is  in  his  heart. 

Ques.  1.  How  may  we  best  improve  our 
time  at  the  conferences  ! 

Ans.  1.  While  we  are  conversing  let  us 
have  an  especial  care  to  set  God  always 
before  us. 
2.  In  the  intermediate  hours,  let  us  re- 
3 


26  THE    GENERAL    CONFERENCE. 

deem  all  the  time  we  can  for  private  exer- 
cises. 

3.  Therein  let  us  give  ourselves  to  prayer 
for  one  another,  and  for  a  blessing  on  our 
labor. 

Of  the  General  Conference. 

Ques.  2.  Who  shall  compose  the  Gen- 
eral Conference,  and  what  are  the  regula- 
tions and  powers  belonging  to  it  1 

Ans.  1.  The  General  Conference  shall 
be  composed  of  one  ministerial  and  one  lay 
member  for  every  five  hundred  members 
of  the  Wesleyan  Methodist  Connection,  to 
be  elected  at  the  time  of  the  meeting  of  the 
Annual  Conferences  next  preceding  the 
General  Conference,  on  joint  ballot,  by  an 
electoral  college,  which  shall  be  composed 
of  all  the  members  of  the  annual  confer- 
ence, and  one  minister  not  under  the  sta- 
tionary power  from  each  circuit  and  sta- 
tion where  any  such  minister  may  reside  : 
which  minister  shall  be  elected  at  the 
quarterly  meeting  of  the  circuit  or  station 
next  preceding  the  annual  conference,  by 
the  unstationed  ministers  of  said  circuit  or 
station. 

The  ministerial  representatives  shall  be 
in  full  connection  at  the  time  of  their  elec- 
tion ;  and,  also,  so  that  each  lay  represen- 
tative shall  be  in  full  connection  at  the 
time  of  his  election. 


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2.  The  General  Conference  shall  meet 
on  the  first  Wednesday  of  October,  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord  1844.  in  Cleaveland.  Ohio, 
and  thenceforward  on  the  first  Wednesday 
in  October,  once  in  four  years  perpetually, 
in  such  place  or  places  as  shall  be  fixed  on 
by  the  General  Conference  from  time  to 
time  :  but  three-fourths  of  the  annual  con- 
ferences shall  have  power  to  call  a  General 
Conference,  if  they  judge  it  necessary  at 
any  time. 

"When  the  President  of  the  Annual  Con- 
ference which  first  recommended  said  call 
shall  be  officially  informed  that  the  requi- 
site number  of  Annual  Conferences  have 
concurred  in  the  call  for  a  Special -General 
Conference,  he  shall  appoint  the  time  of 
holding  said  Conference.  The  place  shall 
be  the  same  appointed  by  the  previous 
General  Conference  for  the  regular  meet- 
ing of  that  body. 

3.  The  General  Conference  shall  elect, 
by  ballot,  its  own  president  and  secretary. 

4.  The  General  Conference  shall  fix  the 
ratio  of  representation  for  the  next  succeed- 
ing General  Conference. 

5.  The  General  Conference  shall  have 
full  powers  to  make  rules  and  regulations 
for  our  churches  :  but,  they  shall  not  con- 
travene any  principle  essential  to  Wesley- 
an  Methodism,  as  expressed  in  our  Articles 
of  Faith,  General  Rules,  the  maintenance 


28  THE    GENERAL    CONFERENCE. 

of  an  Itinerant  Ministry,  and  the  rights  of 
our  members  and  ministers,  as  set  forth  in 
our  Elementary  Principles  ;  nor  shall  they 
make  any  distinctions,  in  the  rig-hts  and 
privileges  of  our  ministers  and  members, 
on  account  of  ancestry  or  color  ;  nor  shall 
they  constitute  any  courts  for  the  trial  of 
members  or  ministers,  except  the  particu- 
lar churches  or  conferences  to  which  they 
may  belong. 

6.  Provided,  nevertheless,  that  upon  the 
concurrent  recommendation  of  two-thirds 
of  all  the  members  of  the  several  annual 
conferences  who  shall  be  present  and  vote 
on  such  recommendation,  then  the  General 
Conference  next  succeeding  may  alter  any 
of  the  above  restrictions  ;  and  also,  when- 
ever such  alteration  or  alterations  shall 
have  been  first  recommended  by  the  Gen- 
eral Conference,  so  soon  as  two-thirds  of 
the  members  of  all  the  annual  conferences 
shall  have  concurred  as  aforesaid,  such 
alteration  or  alterations  shall  take  effect. 

Provided,  that  all  fractions  of  two-thirds 
shall  be  entitled  to  one  ministerial  and  one 
lay  delegate  ;  and  further,  provided,  that 
no  conference  shall,  in  any  case,  be  de- 
prived of  one  ministerial  and  one  lay  dele- 
gate. 

[The  ministers  and  laymen  shall  delib- 
erate in  one  body  :  but  if,  upon  the  final 
passage  of  any  question,  it  be  required  by 


THE    ANNUAL    CONFERENCES.  29 

one-fourth  of  the  members  present,  then 
ministers  and  laymen  shall  vote  separately, 
and  the  concurrence  of  a  majority  of  both 
classes  of  representatives  shall  be  necessa- 
ry to  constitute  a  vote  of  the  Conference. 
A  similar  regulation  shall  be  observed  by 
the  Annual  Conferences.] 

Of  the  Annual  Conferences, 

Ques.  3.  Who  shall  attend  the  yearly 
conferences  ? 

Ans.  All  the  ministers  who  are  in  full 
connection,  and  those  who  are  to  be  re- 
ceived into  full  connection,  and  as  many 
lay  delegates  from  each  circuit  and  station 
as  there  may  be  ministers  in  full  connection 
or  to  be  received  into  full  connection  on 
said  station  or  circuit. 

Where  any  urstationed  minister,  in  good 
standing,  shall  have  entered  into  an  ar- 
rangement with  one  or  more  churches,  for 
the  performance  of  regular  pastoral  labor, 
which  shall  include  at  least  half  of  the 
Sabbaths,  he  shall  be  eligible  to  member- 
ship in  the  Annual  Conference,  upon  the 
recommendation  of  said  church  or  churches, 
or  the  quarterly  conference  to  which  he 
belongs,  and,  upon  reception  into  the  an- 
nual conference,  shall  be  transferred  to  the 
stationed  list  And  all  Elders,  stationed 
and  unstationed,  shall  be  eligible  to  mem- 
bership in  the  General  Conference. 


30  THE    ANNUAL    CONFERENCES. 

Q,u es.  4.  Who  shall  appoint  the  times  of 
holding  the  yearly  conferences? 

Ans.  The  conference. 

Ques.  5.  Who  shall  appoint  the  places  of 
holding  the  annual  conferences  ? 

Ans.  Each  annual  conference  shall  ap- 
point the  place  of  its  own  sitting-. 

Ques.  6.  What  is  the  method  wherein 
we  usually  proceed  in  the  yearly  confer- 
ences ? 

Ans.  We  inquire, 

1.  What  preachers  are  admitted  on  trial? 

2.  Who  remain  on  trial  ? 

3.  Who  are  admitted  in  full  connection  ? 

4.  Who  are  on  the  unstationed  list  this 
year? 

5.  Who  are  the  superannuated  preachers? 

6.  Who  have  been  expelled  from  the  con- 
nection this  y^ar  ? 

7.  Who  have  withdrawn  from  the  connec- 
tion this  year  ? 

8.  Are  all  the  preachers  blameless  in  life 
and  conversation  ? 

9.  Who  have  died  this  year? 

10.  What  numbers  are  in  the  Connection? 

11.  What  has  been  contributed  for  the  sup- 
port of  benevolent  purposes,  such  as  Bi- 
bles, Missions,  Tracts,  Sunday  Schools, 
Anti-Slavery,  Education,  &c.  ? 

V2.  Where  are  the  preachers  stationed  this 
year  ? 

13.  Where  and  when  shall  our  next  confer- 
ence be  field? 


THE    ANNUAL    CONFERENCES.  31 

Ques.  7.  Is  there  any  other  business  to 
be  done  in  the  yearly  conferences  ? 

Ans.  The  electing  and  ordaining  of  el- 
ders. 

Ques.  8.  Are  there  any  other  directions 
to  be  given  concerning  the  yearly  confer- 
ences ? 

Ans.  A  record  of  the  proceedings  of  each 
annual  conference  shall  be  kept  by  a  sec- 
retary, chosen  for  that  purpose,  and  shall  be 
signed  by  the  president  and  secretary  ;  and 
let  a  copy  of  the  said  record  be  sent  to  the 
General  Conference. 

Each  annual  conference  shall  elect,  by 
ballot,  its  own  president,  (who  shall  be  an 
elder,)  and  also  a  secretary. 

Ques.  9.  What  are  the  duties  of  a  presi- 
dent of  an  annual  conference  ? 

Ans.  To  preside  in  the  conference  as 
moderator.  To  decide  all  questions  of  law 
and  order,  subject  to  an  appeal  to  the  con- 
ference. To  preside  in  the  council  for 
stationing  the  preachers.  In  the  intervals 
of  conference  to  employ  and  change  preach- 
ers, with  the  consent  of  the  churches  and 
preachers. 

He  shall  have  his  regular  appointment 
as  a  preacher  on  a  circuit  or  station,  and 
shall  have  authority  to  supply  his  place 
with  another  preacher,  whenever  it  shall  be 
necessary  for  him  to  travel  through  the 
conference. 


32  RECEPTION    OF    PREACHERS 

Provided,  that  each  annual  conference 
shall  have  power  to  employ  its  president 
to  travel  through  the  conference. 

[The  annual  conferences  shall  have  au- 
thority to  adopt  such  rules  and  regulations 
as  they  may  deem  expedient  for  their  inter- 
ests, which  do  not  conflict  with  the  elemen- 
tary principles,  articles  of  religion,  or  gen- 
eral rules  of  the  Connection.! 


Section  V. 

Of  the  reception  of  Preachers  from  other 
Denominations.  * 

Ques.  1.  How  shall  we  receive  those 
ministers  who  may  offer  to  unite  with  us 
from  other  Christian  Churches? 

Ans.  Those  ministers  of  other  evangeli- 
cal churches,  who  may  desire  to  unite  with 
us  may  be  received  according  to  our  usages, 
on  condition  of  their  taking  upon  them  our 
ordination  vows,  without  the  re-imposition 
of  hands,  giving  satisfaction  to  an  annual 
conference  of  their  being  in  orders,  and  of 
their  agreement  with  us  in  doctrine,  disci- 
pline, government,  and  usages  ;  provided 
the  conference  is  also  satisfied  with  their 
gifts,  grace,  and  usefulness.  Whenever 
any  such  minister  is  received,  he  shall  be 


. 


FROM    OTHER    DENOMINATIONS.  66 

furnished  with  a  certificate,  signed  by  the 

president,  in  the  following  words,  namely  : 

This  is  to  certify,  that  has 

been  admitted  into  conference 

as  a  travelling  preacher,  he  having  been 
ordained  according  to  the  usages   of  the 

Church,  of  which  he  has  been 
a  member  and  minister;  and  he  is  hereby 
authorized  to  exercise  the  functions  per- 
taining to  his  office  in  the  Wesleyan  Meth- 
odist Church,  so  long  as  his  life  and  con- 
versation are  such  as  become  the  Gospel 
of  Christ. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal,  at 

this  day  of  ,  in 

the  year  of  our  Lord 

Ques.  2.  How  shall  we  receive  preach- 
ers of  other  denominations  who  are  not  in 
orders  ? 

Ans.  They  may  be  received  as  licen- 
tiates, provided  they  give  satisfaction  to  a 
quarterly  or  an  annual  conference,  that 
they  are  suitable  persons  to  exercise  the 
office,  and  of  th>ir  agreement  with  the 
doctrines,  discipline,  government  and  usa- 
ges of  our  church. 


34  RECEIVING    PREACHERS, 


Section  VI. 

Of  the  Method  of  receiving  Travelling 
Preachers,  and  of  their  duty. 

Que?.  1.  How  is  a  preacher  to  be  re- 
ceived ? 

Ans.  1.  By  the  annua]  conference.  But 
no  one  shall  be  received  on  trial,  unless  he 
first  procure  a  recommendation  from  the 
quarterly  meeting  of  his  station  or  church. 

2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  annual 
conference  to  point  out  a  course  of  reading- 
and  study  proper  to  be  pursued  by  candi- 
dates for  the  ministry.  And  before  any 
such  candidate  is  received  into  full  con- 
nection, he  shall  give  satisfactory  evidence 
respecting  his  knowledge  of  those  particu- 
lar subjects  which  have  been  recommended 
to  his  consideration. 

Ques.  2.  What  is  the  duty  of  a  preach- 
er ? 

Ans.  1.  To  preach. 

2.  To  meet  the  classes  as  often  as  is 
consistent. 

3.  To  visit  the  sick. 

Ques.  3.  What  are  the  directions  given 
to  a  preacher  ? 

Ans.  1.  Be  diligent.  Never  be  unem- 
ployed :  never  be  triflingly  employed. — 
Never  trifle  away  time  ;  neither  spend  any 


AND    THEIR    DUTY.  35 

more   time  at  any  place  than  is  strictly 
necessary. 

2.  Be  seriou-.  Let  your  motto  be,  "  Ho- 
liness to  the  Lord."  Avoid  all  lightness, 
jesting  and  foolish  talking*. 

3.  Believe  evil  of  no  one  without  good 
evidence:  unless  you  see  it  done, take  heed 
how  you  credit  it.  Put  the  best  construc- 
tion on  every  thinof.  You  know  the  judge 
is  always  supposed  to  be  on  the  prisoner's 
side. 

4.  Speak  evil  of  no  one;  because  your 
word,  especially,  would  eat  as  doth  a  can- 
ker. Keep  your  thoughts  within  your  own 
breast,  till  you  come  to  the  person  con- 
cerned. 

5.  Tell  every  one  under  your  care  what 
you  think  wrong  in  his  conduct  and  tem- 
per, and  that  lovingly  and  plainly  as  soon 
as  may  be  :  else  it  will  fester  in  your  heart. 
Make  all  haste  to  cast  the  fire  out  of  your 
bosom. 

6.  Avoid  all  affectation.  A  preacher  of 
the  gospel  is  the  servant  of  all. 

7.  Be  ashamed  of  nothing  but  sin. 

8.  Be  punctual.  Do  every  thing  exactly 
at  the  time.  And  do  not  mend  our  rules, 
but  kepp  them  ;  not  for  wrath  but  con- 
science' sake. 

9.  You  have  nothing  to  do  but  to  save 
souls  ;  therefore  spend  and  be  spent  in  this 
work  ;   and  go  always  not  only  to  those 


36  RECEIVING    PREACHERS. 

that  want  you,  but  to  those  that  want  you 
most. 

Observe !  it  is  not  your  business  only  to  -* 
preach  so  many  times,  and  to  take  care  of 
this  or  that  church,  but  to  save  as  many  as 
you  can ;  to  bring  as  many  sinners  as  you 
can  to  repentance,  and  with  all  your  power 
to  build  them  up  in  that  holiness  without 
which  they  cannot  see  the  Lord.  And  re- 
member !  —  a  Wesleyan  preacher  is  to 
mind  every  point,  great  and  small,  in  the 
Discipline !  Therefore  you  will  need  to 
exercise  all  the  sense  and  grace  you  have. 

Ques.  4.  What  method  do  we  use  in  re- 
ceiving a  preacher  into  full  connection  at 
the  conference  ? 

Ans.  Every  person  proposed  shall  be 
asked  before  the  conference,  the  following 
questions,  (with  any  others  which  may  be 
thought  necessary,)  viz. :  —  Have  you  faith 
in  Christ  ?  Do  you  expect  to  be  made  per- 
fect, in  love  in  this  life  ?  Are  you  resolved 
to  devote  yourself  wholly  to  God  and  his 
work?  Do  you  know  our  rules  ?  Do  you 
keep  them  ?  Do  you  constantly  attend  the 
sacrament?  Have  you  read  the  Discipline? 
Are  you  willing  to  conform  to  it?  Have 
you  considered  the  rules  of  a  preacher,  es- 
pecially the  first  and  eighth  ?  Will  you 
keep  them  for  conscience'  sake  ?  Are  you 
determined  to  employ  all  your  time  in  the 
work  of  God  ?     Will  you  endeavor  not  to 


ELDERS.  37 

speak  too  long  or  too  loud  ?  Will  you  visit 
from  house  to  house?  Are  you  in  debt,  so 
as  to  embarrass  you  in  your  ministerial 
work  ? 

We  may  then,  if  he  give  us  satisfaction, 
receive  him. 

If  any  preacher  absent  himself  from  his 
circuit  or  station,  the  president  shall,  as 
far  as  possible,  fill  his  place  with  another 
preacher,  who  shall  be  paid  for  his  labors 
out  of  the  allowance  of  the  absent  preach- 
er, in  proportion  to  the  usual  allowance. 

[Xote. —  The  term  preacher  includes 
ministers  and  preachers.] 


Section   VII. 

Of  the  Election  and  Ordination  of  Elders, 
and  of  their  duty. 

Ques.  1.  How  is  an  elder  constituted  ? 

Ans.  By  the  election  of  a  majority  of 
the  yearly  conference,  and  by  the  laying 
on  of  the  hands  of  the  president  or  offi- 
ciating elder  and  some  of  the  elders  that 
are  present. 

Ques.  2.  What  is  the  duty  of  an  elder? 

Ans.  L.  To  administer  baptism  and  the 
Lord's  Supper,  and  to  perform  all  parts  of 
divine  worship  and  solemnize  the  rite  of 
matrimony. 

2.  To  do  all  the  duties  of  a  travelling 
preacher. 


38  DUTIES    OF    THOSE    WHO 


Section  VIII. 

Of  the  duties  of  those  who  have  the  charge 
of  Circuits  and  Stations. 

Ques.  1.  What  are  the  duties  of  the 
preacher,  who  has  the  special  charge  of  a 
station  or  circuit  ? 

Ans.  1.  To  meet  the  stewards  and  lead- 
ers as  often  as  necessary. 

2.  To  hold  love-feasts. 

3.  To  hold  quarterly  meetings. 

4.  To  take  an  exact  account  of  the  mem- 
bers in  the  church  in  his  station  or  circuit, 
keeping  the  names  of  all  elders  and  preach- 
ers, properly  distinguished,  and  deliver  in 
such  account  to  the  annual  conference, 
that  their  number  may  be  printed  in  the 
Minutes. 

5.  To  see  that  public  collections  be  made 
quarterly,  if  need  be. 

6.  To  encourage  the  support  of  missions 
and  Sunday  schools,  by  forming  societies 
and  making  collections  for  these  objects 
in  such  way  and  manner  as  the  annual 
conference  to  which  he  belongs  shall  from 
time  to  time  direct. 

7.  To  report  the  amount  raised  for  the 
support  of  missions,  Sunday  schools,  and 
other  moral  and  benevolent  enterprises  to 
his  annual  conference. 


HAVE    CHARGE    OF    CIRCUITS.  39 

8.  To  take  a  regular  catalogue  of  the 
members  in  towns  and  cities,  as  they  live 
in  the  streets. 

9.  To  leave  his  successor  a  particular 
account  of  the  station,  including  an  ac- 
count of  the  subscribers  for  our  periodi- 
cals. 

10.  To  enforce,  vigorously  but  calmly, 
all  the  rules  of  the  Connection. 

11.  To  inform  all  from  time  to  time,  that 
none  are  to  remove  from  one  church  to  an- 
other, without  a  note  of  recommendation 
from  the  church,  signed  by  the  preacher, 
in  these  words  : — -A.  B.,  the  bearer,  is  an 
acceptable  member  of  the  Wesieyan  Meth- 
odist Church  in  C.;"  and  to  inform  them 
that,  without  such  a  certificate,  they  will 
not  be  received  into  the  Church  in  other 
places. 

1*2.  To  read  the  rules  of  the  Connection, 
with  the  aid  of  the  other  preachers,  once 
a  year  in  every  congregation. 

13.  He  shall  recommend  that  a  fast  be 
held  in  every  church  in  his  station  or  cir- 
cuit, on  the  Friday  preceding  every  quar- 
terly meeting :  and  that  a  memorandum  of 
it  be  written  on  all  the  class  papers. 


40  TRIAL    OF    CANDIDATES. 


Section  IX. 

Of  the  Trial  of  those  who  think  they  are 
moved  by  the  Holy  Ghost  to  preach. 

Ques.  How  shall  we  try  those  who  pro- 
fess to  be  moved  by  the  Holy  Ghost  to 
preach  ? 

Ans.  1.  Let  the  following  questions  be 
asked,  viz.,  Do  they  know  God  as  a  par- 
doning God  ?  Have  they  the  love  of  God 
abiding  in  them  ?  Do  they  desire  nothing 
but  God  ?  And  are  they  holy  in  all  man- 
ner of  conversation  ? 

2.  Have  they  gifts  (as  well  as  grace)  for 
the  work  ?  Have  they  (in  some  tolerable 
degree)  a  clear,  sound  understanding,  a 
right  judgment  in  the  things  of  God,  a  just 
conception  of  salvation  by  faith  ?  And  has 
God  given  them  a  good  degree  of  utter- 
ance ?  Do  they  speak  justly,  readily, 
clearly  ? 

3.  Have  they  fruit  ?  Are  any  truly  con- 
vinced of  sin,  and  converted  to  God,  by 
their  labors  ? 

As  long  as  these  three  marks  concur  in 
any  one,  we  believe  he  is  called  of  God  to 
preach.  These  we  receive  as  sufficient 
proof  that  he  is  moved  by  the  Holy  Ghost. 


METHOD    OF    PREACHING.  41 


Section  X. 

On  the  Matter  and  Manner  of  Preaching, 
and  of  other  public  Exercises. 

Ques.  1.  What  is  the  best  general  meth- 
od of  preaching? 

Ans.  1.  To  convince  :  2.  To  offer  Christ: 
3.  To  invite:  4.  To  build  up:  And  to  do 
this  in  some  measure  in  every  sermon. 

Ques.  2.  What  is  the  most  effectual  way 
of  preaching  Christ? 

Ans.  The  most  effectual  way  of  preach- 
ing Christ  is,  to  preach  him  in  all  his  offi- 
ces ;  and  to  declare  his  law,  as  well  as  his 
gospel,  both  to  believers  and  unbelievers. 
Let  us  strongly  and  closely  insist  upon 
inward  and  outward  holiness  in  all  its 
branches. 

Ques.  3.  Are  there  any  smaller  advices 
which  might  be  of  use  to  us  ? 

Ans.  Perhaps  these:  1.  Be  sure  never 
to  disappoint  a  congregation.  2.  Begin 
at  the  time  appointed.  3.  Let  your  whole 
deportment  be  serious,  weighty  and  sol- 
emn. 4.  Always  suit  your  subject  to  your 
audience.  5.  Choose  the  plainest  text  you 
can.  6.  Take  care  not  to  ramble,  but  keep 
to  your  text,  and  make  out  what  you  take 
in  hand.  7.  Take  care  of  any  thing  awk- 
ward or  affected,  either  in  your  gesture, 
phrase,  or  pronunciation.     8.  Do  not  usu- 


42  DUTY    OF    PREACHERS. 

ally  pray  above  five  or  six  minutes  without 
intermission.  Frequently  read  and  enlarge 
upon  a  portion  of  Scripture;  and  let  young 
preachers  often  exhort  without  taking  a 
text. 


Section  XI. 

Of  the  Duty  of  Preachers  to  God,  them- 
selves, and  one  another. 

Ques.  1.  How  shall  a  preacher  be  quali- 
fied for  his  charge  ? 

Ans.  By  walking  closely  with  God.  and 
having  his  work  greatly  at  heart;  and  by 
understanding  and  loving  discipline,  ours 
in  particular. 

Ques.  2.  Do  we  sufficiently  watch  over 
each  other? 

Ans.  We  do  not.  Should  we  not  fre- 
quently ask  each  other,  Do  you  walk  close- 
ly with  God  ?  Have  you  now  fellowship 
with  the  Father  and  the  Son  ?  Do  you 
punctually  observe  the  morning  and  even- 
ing hours  of  retirement  ?  Do  you  converse 
seriously,  usefully,  and  closely?  To  be 
more  particular:  Do  you  use  all  the  means 
of  grace  yourself,  and  enforce  the  use  of 
them  on  all  other  persons?  They  are 
either  instituted  or  prudential. 

I.     The  instituted  are, 

1.   Prayer:   private,  family,  and  public. 


DUTY    OF    PREACHERS.  4o 

Do  you  ask  every  where,  Have  you  family 
prayer?  Do  you  ask  individuals.  Do  y  u 
use  private  prayer  every  m  n  ing  and 
evening  in  particular? 

arching  the  Scriptures,  by 

(1.)   Reading;  constantly,  some  part  of 
every    day  :    regularly,    all   the    Bible   in 
order :    carefully,    with    notes  :    sen 
with  prayer   b<  fore  and  after  ;   fruitl 
immediately    practising-   what    you    learn 
there  ? 

(2.  |  M       tating:  At  set  times  :  By  rule  ? 

(3.)  Hearing:  Every  oppo,  t  unity  ?  With 
prayer,  beforp.  at.  alter  ?  Have  you  a  Bible 
always  about  you  ? 

3.  The  Lord's  Supper:  Do  you  use  this 
at  every  opportunity?  With  solemn  prayer 
before?  \\  ith  earnest  and  deliberate  self- 
dev  tion  ? 

4.  Fasting-:  Do  you  use  as  much  absti- 
nence and  fasting  as  your  health,  strength 
and  labor  will  permit  ? 

5.  Christian  Conference  :  Are  you  con- 
vinced how  important  and  how  difficult  it 
is  to  order  your  conversation  aright  ?  Is 
it  always  in  grace?  Seasoned  with  - 
Meet  to  minister  grace  to  the  hearers  ?  Do 
you  not  converse  too  Ions'  at  a  time?  Is 
not  an  hour  commonly  enough  ?  Would 
it  not  be  well  always  to  have  a  <:  termi- 
nate t  nd  in  view  ?  and  to  pray  bef<  re  and 
after  it  ? 


44  DUTY    OF    PREACHERS, 

II.     Prudential  means:  — 

1.  Do  you  steadily  watch  against  ths 
world  ?     Yourself  ?     Your  besetting1  sin  ? 

2.  Do  you  deny  yourself  every  useless 
pleasure  of  sense  ?  Imagination  ?  Honor  ? 
Are  you  temperate  in  all  things  ?  In- 
stance in  food:  (1)  Do  you  use  only  that 
kind  and  that  degree  which  is  best  both 
for  body  and  soul  ?  Do  you  see  the  ne- 
cessity of  this  ?  (2)  Do  you  eat  no  more 
at  each  meal  than  is  necessary  ?  Are  you 
not  heavy  or  drowsy  after  dinner  ?  Do  you 
use  tobacco  in  any  form?  Do  you  dis- 
courage the  use  of  it  in  others  ?  (3)  Do 
you  use  only  that  kind  and  that  degree  of 
drink,  which  is  the  best  both  for  your  body 
and  soul  ?  (4)  Do  you  choose  and  use 
water  for  your  common  drink  ?  Do  you 
use  tea  or  coffee  ? 

3.  Wherein  do  you  take  up  your  cross 
daily  ?  Do  you  cheerfully  bear  your  cross, 
however  grievous  to  nature,  as  a  gift  of 
God,  and  labor  to  profit  thereby  ? 

4.  Do  you  endeavor  to  set  God  always 
before  you  ?  To  see  his  eye  continually 
fixed  upon  you  ?  Never  can  you  use  these 
means  but  a  blessing  will  ensue.  And  the 
more  you  use  them,  the  more  you  will  grow 
in  grace. 


VISITING.  45 


Section  XIL 

Rules  bif  which  we  should  continue  or  desist 

from  Preaching  at  any  place. 

Ques.  1.  Is  it  advisable  for  us  to  preach 
in  as  many  places  as  we  can,  without 
forming  any  churches? 

Ans.    By  no  means. 

Ques.  2L  Where  should  we  endeavor  to 
preach  most  ? 

Ans.  1.  Where  there  is  the  greatest 
number  of  quiet  and  frilling  hearers. 

2.    Where  there  is  most  fruit. 

Ques.  3.  Ought  we  not  diligently  to  ob- 
serve in  what  places  God  is  pleased  at  any 
time  to  pour  out  his  Spirit  more  abun- 
dantly ? 

Ans.  We  ought :  and  at  that  time  to 
bestow  more  labor  than  usual  on  that  part 
of  the  harvest. 


Section  XIII, 

Of 'visiting  from  House  to  House,  guarding 
against  those  things  that  are  so  common 
to    Professors*  and   enforcing   Practical 
Religion. 
Ques.  1.    How   can   we   farther   assist 

these  under  our  care  ? 


46  VISITING    FROM 

Ans.  By  instructing  them  at  their  own 
houses.  What  unspeakable  need  is  there 
of  this  ?  1.  Personal  religion,  either 
toward  Uod  or  man,  is  too  superficial 
among  us.  We  can  but  just  touch  on  a 
few  particulars.  How  little  faith  is  there 
among  us!  How  little  communion  with 
God,  how  little  living  in  heaven,  walking 
in  eternity,  deadness  to  every  creature  ! 
How  much  love  of  the  world  !  desire  of 
pleasure,  of  ease,  of  getting  money  !  How 
little  brotherly  love ! 

2.  Family  religion  is  wanted  in  many 
branches.  And  what  avails  public  preach- 
ing alone,  though  we  could  preach  like 
angels  !  We  must,  yea,  every  preacher 
must  instruct  the  people  from  house  to 
house. 

Our  religion  is  not  sufficiently  deep, 
universal,  uniform  :  but  superficial,  partial, 
uneven.  It  will  be  so  till  we  spend  half 
as  much  time  in  this  visitingr,  as  wre  now 
do  in  talking  uselessly.  Can  we  find  a 
better  method  of  doing  this  than  Mr.  Bax- 
ter's ?  If  not.  let  us  adopt  it  without  delay. 
Speaking  of  this  visiting  from  house  to 
hou-e,  he  says,  *fi  We  shall  find  many 
hindrances,  both  in  ourselves  and  the 
people." 

1.  In  ourselves  there  is  much  dulness 
and  laziness,  so  there  will  be  much  ado  to 
get  us  to  bo  faithful  in  the  work. 

2.  We  have  a  base,  man-pleasing  tem- 


HOUSE    TO    HOUSE.  4/ 

per.  so  that  we  let  them  perish  rather  than 
lose  their  love  :  we  let  them  go  quietly  to 
hell,  lest  we  should  offend  r 

3.  Some  of  us  have  a  foolish  bashfulness. 
We  know  not  how  to  begin,  and  blu^h  to 
contradict  the  devil. 

4.  But  the  greater  hindrance  is  weak- 
ness of  faith.  Our  whole  mo: ion  is  weak, 
because  the  spring  of  it  is  weak. 

.">.  Lastly,  we  are  unskilful  in  the  work. 
Huw  few  know  how  to  deal  with  men.  so 
as  to  get  with.n  them,  and  suit  all  our  dis- 
course to  their  several  conditions  and  tem- 
pers :  to  choose  the  fittest  subjects,  and 
folio w  them  with  a  holy  mixture  of  seri- 
ousness, terror,  love,  and  meekness  ! 

But  undoubtedly  this  private  application 
is  implied  in  those  solemn  words  of  the 
apostle  :  ••  I  charge  thee  before  God  and 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  who  shall  judge  the 
quick  and  the  d^ad  at  his  appearing,  preach 
the  word  :  be  instant  in  season,  out  of 
season  ;  reprove,  rebuke,  exhort,  with  all 
long  suffering." 

O,  brethren,  if  we  could  but  set  this 
work  on  foot  in  all  cur  churches,  and  pros- 
ecute it  zealously,  what  glory  would  re- 
dound to  God  1  If  the  common  lukewarm- 
ness  were  banished,  and  every  shop,  and 
every  house,  busied  in  speaking  of  the 
word  and  works  of  God,  surely  God  would 
dwell  in  our  habitation,  and  make  us  his 
delight 


48  VISITING    FROM 

And  this  is  absolutely  necessary  to  the 
welfare  of  souls.  Look  round,  and  see 
how  many  of  them  are  still  in  apparent 
danger  of  damnation.  x\nd  how  can  you 
walk  and  talk,  and  be  merry  with  such 
people,  when  you  know  their  case  ?  When 
you  look  them  in  the  face,  you  should 
break  forth  into  tears,  as  the  prophet  did 
when  he  looked  upon  Hazael.  O,  for 
God's  sake,  and  the  sake  of  poor  souls, 
bestir  yourselves,  and  spare  no  pains  that 
may  conduce  to  their  salvation ! 

What  cause  have  we  to  bleed  before  the 
Lord,  that  we  have  so  long  neglected  this 
good  work  !  If  we  had  but  engaged  in  it 
sooner,  how  many  more  might  have  been 
brought  to  Christ !  And  how  much  holier 
and  happier  might  they  have  been  before 
now !  And  why  might  we  not  have  done 
it  sooner  ?  There  were  many  hindrances : 
and  so  there  always  will  be.  But  the 
greatest  hindrance  is  in  ourselves,  in  our 
littleness  of  faith  and  love. 

But  it  is  objected,  I.  "This  will  take 
up  so  much  time,  we  shall  not  have  leisure 
to  follow  our  studies."  We  answer,  1. 
Gaining  knowledge  is  a  good  thing,  but 
saving  souls  is  a  better.  2.  By  this  very 
thing  you  will  gain  the  most  excellent 
knowledge,  that  of  God  and  eternity.  3. 
You  will  have  time  for  gaining  other 
knowledge  too.     Only  sleep  no  more  than 


HOUSE    TO    HOUSE.  49 

you  need  :  "and  never  be  idle  or  trifUnsrly 
employed."  But.  4.  If  you  can  do  but 
one,  let  your  studies  alone.  We  ought  to 
throw  by  all  the  libraries  in  the  world, 
rather  than  be  guilty  of  the  loss  of  one 
soul. 

It  is  objected,  II.  i;  The  people  will  not 
submit  to  it."  If  some  will  not,  others 
will.  And  the  success  with  them  will 
repay  all  your  labor.  O,  let  us  herein  fol- 
low the  example  of  St.  Paul  !  1.  For  our 
general  business,  Serving  the  Lord  with 
all  humility  of  mind  :  2.  Our  special  work, 
Take  heed  to  yourselves,  and  to  all  the 
flock  :  3.  Our  doctrine,  Repentance 
toward  God,  and  faith  toward  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ :  4.  The  place..  I  have  taught 
you  publicly,  and  from  house  to  house : 
5.  The  object  and  manner  of  teaching.  I 
ceased  not  to  warn  every  one,  night  and 
day,  with  tears :  6.  His  innocence  and 
self-denial  herein,  I  have  coveted  no  man's 
silver  or  gold  :  7.  His  patience,  Neither 
count  1  my  life  dear  unto  myself.  And 
among  all  other  motives,  let  these  be  ever 
before  our  eyes  :  1.  The  Church  of  God, 
which  he  hath  purchased  with  his  own 
blood  :  2.  Grievous  wolves  shall  enter  in  ; 
yea,  of  yourselves  shall  men  arise,  speak- 
ing perverse  things. 

Write  this  upon  your  hearts,  and  it  will 
do  you  more  good  than  twenty  years' 
study.     Then  you  will   have  no  time  to 


50  NECESSITY    OF    UNION. 

spare:  you  will  have  work  enough.  Then 
likewise  no  preacher  will  stay  with  us  who 
is  as  salt  tint  hns  lost  his  savor.  For  to 
such,  this  employment  would  he  mere 
drudgery.  And  in  order  to  it,  you  will 
have  need  of  all  the  knowledge  you  can 
procure,  and  grace  you  can  attain. 

The  sum  is,  Go  into  every  house  in 
course,  urging  upon  every  impenitent  sin- 
ner the  duty  of  immediate  repentance,  and 
teaching  everyone  therein,  young  and  old, 
to  be  Christians  inwardly  and  outwardly; 
make  every  particular  plain  to  their  under- 
standings ;  fix  it  in  their  minds  ;  write  it 
on  their  hearts.  In  order  to  this,  there 
must  be  line  upon  line,  precept  upon  pre- 
cept. What  patience,  what  love,  what 
knowledge  is  requisite  for  this  !  We  must 
needs  do  this,  were  it  only  to  avoid  idle- 
ness. Do  we  not  loiter  away  many  hours 
in  every  week?  Each  try  himself:  no 
idleness  is  consistent  with  a  growth  in 
grace.  Nay,  without  exactness  in  re- 
deeming time,  you  cannot  retain  the  grace 
you  receive  in  justification. 


Section  XIV. 

Of  the  necessity  of  Union  among  ourselves, 

Let  us  be  deeply  sensible  (from  what  we 

have  known)  of  the  evil  of  a  division  in 


JUDICIARY    RULES.  51 

principle,  spirit,  or  practice,  and  the  dread- 
ful consequences  to  ourselves  and  others. 
If  we  are  united,  what  can  stand  before 
us:  If  we  divide,  we  shall  destroy  our- 
selves, the  work  of  God,  and  the  souls  of 
our  people. 

Ques  Whit  can  be  done  in  order  to  a 
closer  union  with  each  other? 

Ans.  1.  Let  us  be  deeply  convinced  of 
the  absolute  necessity  of  it. 

'2.  Pray  earnestly  for.  and  speak  freely 
to  each  other. 

3.  When  we  meet,  let  us  never  part 
without  prayer. 

4.  Take  great  care  not  to  despise  each 
other's  gifts. 

5.  Never  speak  lightly  of  each  other. 

61  Let  us  defend  each  other's  character 
in  every  thing,  so  far  as  is  consistent  with 
truth. 

7.  Labor,  in  honor,  each  to  prefer  the 
other  before  himself! 


Section  XV. 

Judiciary  Ru 

1.  For  personal  offences,  sinful  tempers 

or  words,  or  neglect  of  duties,  our  Lord's 

directions,  in  Matt,  xviii.  15—17,  shall  be 

followed,  and,  in  case  the  person  aggrieved 


52  JUDICIARY    RULES. 

shall  report  the  alleged  offence  before 
these  previous  steps  shall  have  been  taken, 
he  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  evil  speaking, 
and,  without  amendment,  he  shall  be 
brought  to  trial  on  a  charge  for  this  offence. 

2.  In  all  cases  of  trial,  a  bill  shall  be 
made  out,  setting  forth  the  charge,  or 
charges,  with  the  specifications,  in  writing, 
and  a  copy  of  the  same  shall  be  served 
upon  the  accused  by  the  pastor  or  com- 
plainant, allowing  the  accused  a  reasona- 
ble time  to  prepare  for  trial. 

3.  The  accused  shall  have  the  privilege 
of  choosing  (if  not  a  preacher)  whether 
to  be  tried  before  the  entire  church  to 
which  he  belongs,  or  a  committee  selected 
by  the  church  for  this  purpose. 

4.  In  making  his  defence,  the  accused 
shall  be  allowed  the  usual  privileges  of  a 
defendant  in  civil  courts  of  justice. 

5.  In  all  trials  a  secretary  shall  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  court,  who  shall  take  down 
an  exact  account  of  the  proceedings,  and 
furnish  a  copy  of  the  verdict,  when  re- 
quested by  either  party. 

6.  The  alleged  offender  may  be  arrested 
and  brought  to  trial  by  an  elder,  preacher, 
or  member  of  the  church. 

7.  Female  committees  shall  be  allowed 
to  sit  on  the  trial  of  female  members,  if 
requested  by  the  accused. 

8.  In  the  trial  of  members  the  pastor 


JUDICIARY    Kl.  DO 

shaii  preside,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  ex- 
ecute the  verdict  rendered  by  the  court. 

9.  Members  may  appeal  from  the  deci- 
sion of  a  committee,  to  the  church,  p 
decision  shall  be  final. 

10.  An  elder  shall  be  arrested  and 
brought  to  trial,  by  the  elder  in  charge, 
-who  shall  appoint  three  or  more  elders,  to- 
gether with  the  same  Dumber  of  laymen, 
as  a  court  of  inquiry  the  ac- 
cused shall  be  summoned  to  arpear  and 
answer.  This  committee  may  acquit,  cen- 
sure, or  suspend,  till  the  ensuing  annual 
conference,  whose  decision  shall  be  final. 
Elders  s.nall  have  the  right  to  challenge  any 
member  of  the  court,  and  the  remai 
members  shall  determine  whether  the 
challenge  shall  obtain. 

If  the  accused  be  an  elder  or  preacher 
in  charge,  he  shall  be  arrested  by  the  near- 
est elder  or  preacher  in  charge.  And 
this  rule  shall  apply  to  preachers,  in  all  re- 
spects, except,  that  the  committee  may  be 
preachers  and  laymen,  and  the  appeal  may 
be  made  to  the  ensuing  quarterly  me 
conference,  whose  decision  shall  be  fin  I. 

11.  Where  any  church  shall  judge  it 
proper,  it  shail  appoint  a  judicial  commit- 
tee of  at  least  six  persons,  who  shall  re- 
main in  office  one  year.  This  committee 
shall  be  a  standing  court,  to  try  all  charges 
or  accusations  that  mav  be  brought  before 


54  JUDICIARY    RULES. 

it.  The  preacher  in  charge  shall  he  the 
chairman  of"  this  court,  and  shall  decide  all 
points  of  law  and  order,  subject  to  an  appeal 
to  the  committee. 

When  an  appeal  is  taken  to  the  church, 
the  evidence  taken  by  the  committee  shall 
be  read,  and  any  other  evidence  heard  ; 
this  done,  the  accused  shall  be  allowed  to 
make  his  defence,  and  some  one  on  the 
part  of  the  church  may  reply.  The  ques- 
tion shall  then  be  taken  without  debate,  in 
this  form  :  Is  the  accused  guilty  or  not 
guilty  ? 

12.  When  complaint  is  made  against  any 
member  for  the  non  payment  of  debt,  or  in 
case  of  dispute  in  the  settlement  of  ac- 
counts which  cannot  be  adjusted  by  the 
parties,  the  preacher  in  charge  shall  call 
the  delinquent  debtor  before  the  commit- 
tee, and  they  shall  determine  the  case,  sub- 
ject to  an  appeal  to  the  church.  In  cases 
of  dispute  in  the  settlement  of  accounts,  the 
committee  shall  be  a  court  for  the  adjust- 
ment of  the  same,  (where  there  is  no 
standing  judicial  committee,  the  church 
shall  appoint  a  special  committee,  or  act 
in  the  case  in  committee  of  the  whole  :) 
and  any  member  refusing  to  abide  by  their 
decision,  or  who  shall  sue  at  law  for  set- 
tlement, shall  be  expelled  by  the  church 
on  proof  thereof.  And  any  member  sueing 
another,  unless  in  cases  which  require  a 


RECEIVING    CB  55 

process     '         .  shall  be  expelled  by  the 
church  on  proof'  f  the  same.     In  all 
of  trial,  the  preacher  in  c;iaree  shall 
the  accused  and  other 

evider.ee  thpre  may  be.  before  the  judicial 
corn!.  arch,  and  shall  act  the 

part  of  a  judge  advocate,  for  the  ac 
and  the  cbarch.     Bat 
attend  trial  after  bein?  duly  notified  of  the 
.  tne  trial  shnll  proceed  and  thr- 
-  . 
into  trial  without  at  least  r 

13.    No  church  shall    be         I         d  in 
connection  with  the  Wes 
churches,  which  our 

linary  regulations  b  shall  re- 

•     r  r-tain  men. 
pr  visions  thereof  or  which  may  hereaf- 
ter reject  any  part 
We  will  hold  : 

which  will  n  t  maintain  godliness  and  op- 
all  moral  evil. 


Section  XVI. 

On 

1.  Any  :  -  as  a 

society  or  church,  embracir  . 

principles  of  religion  held  by  the  Wes 


56  RECEIVING    CHURCHES. 

an  Methodist  churches,  adopting  the  ele- 
mentary principles  and  general  rules,  and 
conforming  to  our  book  of  discipline  and 
means  of  grace,  shall,  on  their  request, 
made  to  the  president  of  an  annual  con- 
ference, or  the  preacher  in  charge  of  a  cir- 
cuit or  station,  be  recognized  as  a  Wes- 
leyan  Methodist  church.  The  reception 
of  said  church  shall  be  submitted  to  the 
nearest  quarterly  meeting  conference  fur 
approval. 

2.  A  church  or  society  shall  be  compos- 
ed of  any  number  of  members,  residing 
sufficiently  near  to  each  other  to  assemble 
steadily  for  public  worship,  and  to  transact 
its  business.  Every  church  shall  be  di- 
vided, when  it  becomes  necessary,  into 
classes. 

3.  Every  church  shall  have  power  by  a 
concurrence  of  a  majority  of  two-thirds  of 
its  members  present,  at  any  church  meet- 
ing, called  for  the  purpose,  to  purchase, 
build,  lease,  sell,  rent  or  otherwise  obtain 
or  dispose  of  property  for  the  mutual  ben- 
efit of  the  church.  Provided  that  public 
notice  shall  have  been  given  of  said  meet- 
ing, in  the  public  congregation,  at  least 
two  weeks  previously.  Each  church  shall 
also  have  power  to  admit  persons  into  full 
membership,  who  have  been  ^  acceptable 
probationers,  and  who  shall  have  come  for- 
ward for  admission  according  to  our  form 


PUBLIC    WORSHIP.  0/ 

of  discipline,  or  on  certificate  from  other 
Christian  churches,  or  on  satisfactory  evi- 
dence of  their  good  standing  in  any  Chris- 
tian church,  and  who  also  give  satisfactory 
evidence  of  change  of  heart.  But  no 
church  shall  be  compelled  to  receive  a 
member  on  certificate  from  any  other 
church,  circuit,  or  station.  The  church 
shall  try,  censure,  or  expel  unworthy  mem- 
bers, according  to  the  provisions  of  the 
Discipline. 

When  objections  are  made  to  the  recep- 
tion of  a  member,  it  shall  require  a  ma- 
jority of  three-fourths  of  those  present  to 
admit ;  but,  a  majority  shall  be  sufficient 
to  expel. 

Section  XVII. 
Of  Public  Worship. 
Ques.    What  directions  shall  be  given 
for  the  establishment  of  uniformity  in  pub- 
lic worship  among  us,  on  the  Lord's  day? 
Ans.   1.  Let  the  morning  service  consist 
of  singing,  prayer,  the  reading  of  a  portion 
of  scripture,  and  preaching. 

2.  Let  the  afternoon  service  consist  of 
singing,  prayer,  the  reading  of  a  portion  of 
scripture,  and  preaching. 

3.  Let  the  evening  service  consist  of 
singing,  prayer,  and  preaching  ;  or  a  prayer 
meeting. 

5 


58  SINGING.  —  CLASS-MEETINGS. 


Section  XV III. 
Of  the  Spirit  and  Truth  of  Singing. 
Ques.  How  shall  we  guard  against  for- 
mality in  singing  ? 

Ans.   1.  By  selecting  sach  hymns  as  are 
proper  for  the  congregation. 

2.  By  not  singing  too  much  at  once  ; 
seldom  more  than  four  verses. 

3.  By  suiting  the  tune  to  the  words. 

4.  Do  not  suffer  the  people  to  sine  too 
slow.     This  naturally  tends  to  formality. 

5.  Exhort  every  person  in  the  congre- 
gation to  sing  ;  not  one  in  ten  only. 


Section  XIX. 
Of  Class  Meetings. 

Ques.  1.  How  may  the  leaders  of  classes 
be  rendered  more  useful  ? 

Ans.  1.  Let  each  of  them  be  diligently 
examined  concerning  his  method  of  meet- 
ing a  class.  Let  this  be  done  with  all 
possible  exactness,  at  least  once  a  quarter. 
In  order  to  this,  take  sufficient  time. 

2.  Let  each  leader  carefully  inquire  how 
every  soul  in  his  class  prospers  :  not  only 
how  each  person  observes  the  outward 
rules,  but  how  he  grows  in  the  knowledge 
and  love  of  God. 


CLASS-MEETINGS.  59 

3.  Let  the  leaders  converse  with  those 
who  have  the  charge  of  their  circuits,  fre- 
quently and  freely. 

Ques.  2  Can  any  thing"  more  he  done 
in  order  to  make  the  class-meetings  lively 
and  profitahle  ? 

Ana.  1.  Let  the  leaders  frequently  meet 
each  others"  classes. 

'2.  All  the  leaders  should  be  not  only 
men  of  sound  judgment,  but  men  truly  de- 
voted to  God. 

Ques.  3.  How  shall  we  prevent  improper 
persons  from  insinuating  themselves  into 
the  church  ? 

Ans.  1.  Let  none  be  received  into  the 
church,  until  they  are  recommended  by  a 
leader  with  whom  they  have  met  at  least 
three  months  on  trial,  have  given  satisfac- 
tory evidence  of  a  change  of  heart,  and 
have  been  baptized. 

Ques.  4.  How  shall  we  be  more  exact 
in  receiving  and  excluding  members? 

Ans.  The  official  minister  or  preacher 
shall,  at  every  church  meeting,  read  the 
names  of  those  that  aie  received  into  the 
church,  and  also  those  that  are  excluded 
therefrom. 

Ques.  5.  How  shall  class-leaders  be 
elected  ? 

Ans.  By  their  respective  classes,  and 
these  elections  shall  take  place  annually, 
and  oftener  if  necessary. 


60       PRIVILEGES  TO  SERIOUS  PERSONS. 

Ques.  6.  What  shall  be  done  with  those 
members  of  our  Connection  who  wilfully 
and  repeatedly  neglect  their  class,  or  neg- 
lect other  duties? 

Ans.  1.  Let  the  elder  or  one  of  the 
preachers  visit  them  whenever  it  is  prac- 
ticable, and  explain  to  them  the  conse- 
quence if  they  continue  to  neglect,  viz., 
exclusion. 

2.  If  they  do  not  amend,  let  him  who 
has  the  charge  of  the  circuit  or  station 
bring  their  case  before  the  society  or  a 
committee,  before  whom  the  delinquent 
shall  have  been  cited  to  appear ;  and  if 
they  be  found  guilty  of  wilful  neglect,  by 
the  decision  of  a  majority  of  the  church  or 
committee  before  whom  the  case  shall  be 
brought,  let  them  be  laid  aside. 


Section  XX. 

Of  the  Privileges  granted  to  serious  Per- 
sons  who  are  not  of  our  Church. 

Ques.  1.  How  often  shall  we  permit 
those  who  are  not  of  our  church  to  meet 
in  class  ? 

Ans.  Serious  persons  may  be  admitted 
at  the  discretion  of  the  leader. 

Ques.  2.  How  often  shall  we  permit 
strangers  to  be  present  at  our  love-feasts  ! 


OF    MARRIAGE.  Gl 

Ans.  Serious  persons  may  be  admitted 
at  the  discretion  of  the  pastor.  Provided, 
nevertheless,  that  the  several  quarterly 
conferences  may  adopt  such  regulations  in 
these  cases,  as  they  may  deem  expedient. 


Section  XXI. 
Of  Marriage. 

Ques.  Do  we  observe  any  evil  which 
has  prevailed  in  our  church  with  respect 
to  marriage  ! 

Ans.  Many  Christians  have  married 
with  unawakened  persons.  This  has  pro- 
duced bad  effects;  they  have  been  either 
hindered  for  life,  or  have  turned  back  to 
perdition. 

We  do  not  prohibit  our  people  from  mar- 
rying persons  who  are  not  of  our  church, 
provided  such  persons  have  the  form,  and 
are  seeking  the  power  of  godliness  ;  but 
we  are  determined  to  discourage  their  mar- 
rying persons  who  do  not  come  up  to  this 
description. 


Section  XXII. 
Dress  and  Furniture. 

Ques.  1.   Should  we  insist  on  the  rules 
concerning  dress  \ 


6*2  DRESS    AND    FURNITURE. 

Ans.  By  all  means.     This  is  no  time  to 

into  the  church,  until  they  have  left  off 
the  wearing  of  gold  and  all  superfluous 
ornaments.     In  order  to  this, 

1.  Let  every  one  who  has  charge  of  a 
circuit  or  station  read  Mr.  Wesley's  ser- 
mon on  dress,  at  least  once  a  year,  in 
every  church. 

2.  In -visiting  the  classes  be  very  mild, 
but  very  strict. 

3.  Allow  of  no  exempt  case, — better  one 
suffer  than  many. 

Ques.  2.  Should  we  insist  on  cheap,  as 
well  as  plain  dress  ? 

Ans.  Certainly  ;  we  should  not  on  any 
account  spend  what  the  Lord  has  put  into 
our  hands  as  stewards  to  be  used  for  his 
glory,  in  expensive  apparel,  when  thou- 
sands are  suffering  for  food  and  raiment, 
and  millions  perishing  for  the  word  of  life. 
Let  the  dress  of  every  member  of  the 
Wesleyan  Methodist  Connection  be  both 
plain  and  cheap.  Let  the  strictest  econo- 
my be  used  in  these  respects. 

And  we  would  not  only  enjoin  on  all 
who  fear  God  plain  dress,  but  we  would 
recommend  to  our  preachers  and  people, 
according  to  Mr.  Wesley's  views  express- 
ed in  his  sermon  on  the  inefficiency  of 
Christianity,  published  but  a  few  years 
before  his  death,  and  hence  containing"  his 


DIVISION    INTO    CONFERENCES,    ETC.      63 

matured  judgment,  distinguishing  plain- 
ness. Plainness,  which  will  publicly  commit 

them  to  the  maintenance  of  their  Chris- 
tian profession  wherever  they  may  go. 

Ques.  3.  Should  our  furniture,  as  well 
as  dress,  be  plain  and  cheap  ? 

Ans.  By  all  means.  Let  the  strictest 
economy  be  observed  in  both.  Let  no  ex- 
pensive furniture  or  high-priced  carriages 
be  used  by  "Wesley an  Methodists,  while 
there  is  a  single  individual  for  whom  Christ 
died  hungry,  or  naked,  or  without  the  word 
of  life.  And  let  the  same  principle  of 
saving  all  we  can,  that  we  may  have  to 
give  to  those  who  need,  govern  us  in  rent- 
ing or  building  houses  to  live  in. 

X.  B.  We  disapprove  of  Christians 
changing  their  apparel  in  mourning  for 
the  dead. 


Section  XXIII. 

Division  into  Annual  Conferences,  Dis- 
tricts, Circuits,  and  Stations. 
The  General  Conference  shall  have  pow- 
er to  fix  the  number  and  boundaries  of 
annual  conferences.  The  annual  confer- 
ences shall  have  power  to  form  the  circuits 
and  stations  within  their  bounds  into  Dis- 
tricts ;  and  appoint  one  of  the  elders,  with- 


f>4      DIVISION    INTO    CONFERENCES.    ETC. 

in  the  bounds  of  each  district,  chairman. 
There  shall  be  a  district  meeting  for  each 
district,  at  such  time  and  place  as  the 
chairman  shall  appoint,  provided  that  said 
meeting  shall  be  within  the  last  quarter  of 
the  conference  year.  The  district  meet- 
ing shall  be  composed  of  the  preacher  in 
charge  of  each  circuit  or  station,  within 
the  bounds  thereof,  and  one  lay  member, 
elected  by  the  quarterly  conference  of 
each  circuit  and  station  of  the  same,  and 
shall  have  power  to  form  new  circuits  or 
stations,  and  to  make  any  alterations  in 
those  previously  formed.  And  to  ascer- 
tain how  much  may  be  depended  on,  from 
each  circuit  and  station,  for  ministerial 
supporL  for  the  succeeding  year,  and  re- 
port the  same  to  the  annual  conference. 

The  district  meeting  shall  appoint  a  sec- 
retary to  take  exact  minutes  of  the  business 
of  the  same,  which  minutes  shall  be  ap- 
proved by  the  meeting,  and  a  copy  sent  to 
the  annual  conference.  Said  meeting  shall 
have  power  to  fix  the  amount  to  be  paid  by 
each  circuit  or  station,  for  the  support  of 
the  assistant  of  the  district,  when  the  an- 
nual conference  shall  appoint  assistants. 
The  chairman  shall  have  power  to  call 
special  district  meetings,  and  the  lay  dele- 
gates, elected  to  the  yearly  district  meet- 
ings, shall  hold  their  office  one  year,  and 
attend  the  special  meetings  ;  but  in  case  of 


THE    LORD  S    SUPPER. 

death,  or  removal,  the  quarterly  confer- 
ence of  the  circuit  or  station  where  such 
vacancy  may  occur,  shall  elect  another  to 
fill  said  vacancy. 


SACRAMENTAL  SERVICES,  Etc. 

XXIV. 

• 1st  rat  ion  of  the 
L 

I  ?  form  may  be  c 
The  elder  shall  say  one  or  more  of  these 
sentences : — 

•  light  so  shi  men.  that 

thev  may  see  your  good  works,  and  l 
vour  Father  which  is  in  heaven  :    Mai 
16. 

"  not  up  for  -  treasures  upon 

earth,  where  moth  and  rust  doth  c< 
and    where    thi       -  k   through    and 

steal  :  but  lay  up  for  yourselves  treasures 
in  heaven,  where  neither  moth  nor  rust 
doth  corrupt,  and  where  thieves  do  not 
break  throi  al :  Matt.  - 

itsoever  ye  would  that  men  should 
do  unto  you.  even  so  do  i  a:   fur 

this  is  the  law  and  the  proi  tt.  vii. 

12. 
Not  every  one  tint  saith  unto  me,  I 


66  the  lord's  supper. 

Lord,    shall    enter    into    the    kino-dom    of 

I  he  that  d 
Father,  who  is  in  heaven  :   Matt.  vi.  21. 

Zaccheus  stood  forth,  and  said  unto  the 
Lord,  Behold,  Lord,  the  half  of  my  goods 
I  give  to  the  poor  ;  and  if  I  have  done  any- 
wrong  to  any  man,  I  restore  him  fourfold  : 
Luke  xix.  8. 

He  that  soweth  little,  shall  reap  little; 
and  he  that  soweth  plenteously,  shall  reap 
plenteously.  Let  every  man  do  according 
as  he  is  disposed  in  heart ;  not  grud^in^ly 
or  of  necessity  :  for  God  loveth  a  cheerful 
giver :   2  Cor.  ix.  6,  ?. 

While  we  have  time,  let  us  do  good 
unto  all  men,  and  especially  unto  them 
that  are  of  the  household  of  faith  :  Gal.vi. 
10. 

Godliness  with  contentment  is  great 
gain  ;  for  we  brought  nothing  into  this 
world,  and  it  is  certain  we  can  carry  noth- 
ing out :   1  Tim.  vi.  6.7. 

Charge  them  who  are  rich  in  this  world, 
that  they  be  ready  to  give,  and  glad  to 
distribute,  laying  up  in  store  for  them- 
selves a  good  foundation  against  the  time 
to  come,  that  they  rnav  attain  eternal  life  : 
1  Tim.  vi.  17,  18,  10/ 

God  is  not  unrighteous,  that  he  will  for- 
get your  works  and  labor  that  proceedeth 
of  love  ;  which  love  you  have  showed  for 
his  name's  sake,  who  have  ministered  unto 


j 


THE    LORD'S    SUPPER. 

the  saints,  and  yet  do  minister  :   Heb.  vi. 

not:  fox  with  such  sacrifii 

pleased  :   Heb.  xiii.   I 

Whoso  hath  this  world's  good,  and  seeth 
his  brother  have  need,  and  shutteth  up  his 
bowels  of  compassion  from  him.  how  dwei- 
leth  the  love  of  God  in  him?  I  John  iii. 
17. 

■hat  hath  pity  upon  the  poor,  lend- 
eth  unto  the  Lord  :  and  look,  what  he  lay- 
eth  out.  it  shall  be  paid  him  again  :  Prov. 
xix.  17. 

Blessed  is  the  man  that  provideth  for 
the  sick  and  needy :  the  Lord  shall  deliver 
him  in  time  of  trouble  :   Psalm  xli.  1. 

[While  these  sentences  are  in  reading, 
some  lit  person,  appointed  for  that  purpose, 
shall  receive  the  alms  for  the  { 

After  which  the  elder  si        say. 

Ye  that  do  truly  and  earnestly  repent  of 
your  sins,  and  are  in  love  and  charity  with 
5,  and  intend  to  lead  a  new 
the  commandments  of  ; 
and  v  -  holy 

ways  :  draw  near  with  faith,  and  take  this 
holy  sacrament  to  your  comfort :  and  make 
your  humble  confession  to  almighty  God. 
Then  shall  this  general  prayer  be  offered 

by  the  minister,  in  the  name  of  all  those 


68  the  lord's  supper. 

who  are  minded  to  receive  the  holy  com- 
munion, both  he  and  all  the  people 
kneeling  humbly  upon  their  knees,  and 
saying, 

Almighty  God,  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  Maker  of  all  things,  Judge  of  all 
men  :  we  acknowledge  and  bewail  our 
manifold  sins  and  wickedness,  which  we 
from  time  to  time  most  grievously  have 
committed,  by  thought,  word,  and  deed, 
against  thy  Divine  Majesty,  provoking 
most  justly  'thy  wrath  and  indignation 
against  us.  We  do  earnestly  repent,  and 
are  heartily  sorry  for  these  our  misdoings  ; 
remembrance  of  them  is  grievous  unto  us. 
It  is  very  meet,  right,  and  our  bounden 
duty,  that  we  should  at  ail  times,  and  in 
all  places,  give  thanks  unto  thee,  O  Lord, 
holy  Father,  almighty,  everlasting  God. 

Therefore  with  angels  and  archangels, 
and  with  all  the  company  of  heaven,  we 
laud  and  magnify  thy  glorious  name,  ever- 
more praising  thee,  and  saying,  Holy, 
holy,  holy  Lord  God  of  hosts,  heaven  and 
earth  are  full  of  thy  glory.  Glory  be  to 
thee,  O  Lord  most  high. 

We  do  not  presume  to  come  to  this  thy 
table,  O  merciful  Lord,  trusting  in  our 
own  righteousness,  but  in  thy  manifold 
and  great  mercies.  We  are  not  worthy 
so  much  as  to  gather  up  the  crumbs  under 
thy  table.     But  thou  art  the  same  Lord, 


THE    LORD  S    SUPPER. 

whose  property  is  always  to  have  mercy  : 

Grant  us.  therefore,  g 

eat  the  flesh  of  thy  d  brist, 

and  to  drink  his  blood,  that  our  sinful  - 
and    bodies    may    be    made  clean    by    his 
death,  and  washed  through  Iris  most  pre- 
cious blood,  and   that    we  may  evermore 
dwell  in  him,  and  he  in  us. 

Then  the  elder  shall  say  the  prayer  of 
consecration,  as  followeth: — 
Almighty  God.  our  heavenly  Father, 
who  o(  thy  tender  mercy  didst  give  thine 
only  Son  Jesus  Christ  to  sutler  death  upon 
the  cross  for  our  redemption  :  who  made 
there  (by  his  oblation  of  himself  once 
offered)  a  full,  perfect,  and  sufficient 
sacrifice,  oblation,  and  satisfaction  for  the 
sin  of  the  whole  world  :  and  did  institute, 
and  in  his  holy  gospel  command  us  to 
continue,  a  perpetual  memory  of  that  his 
precious  death,  until  his  coming  again: 
hear  us,  O  merciful  Father,  we  most  hum- 
bly beseech  thee,  and  grant  that  we, 
receiving  these  thy  creatures  of  bread  and 
wine,  according  to  thy  Son  our  Saviour 
Jesus  Christ's  holy  institution,  in  remem- 
brance of  his  death  and  passion,  may  be 
partakers  of  his  most  blessed  body  and 
blood  :  who  in  the  same  night  that  he  was 
betrayed,  took  bread  ;  and  when  he  had 
given  thanks,  he  broke  it  and  gave  it  to 


70  THE    LORD'S    SUPPER. 

his    disciples,  saying,  Take,   eat;  this   is 
my  body  which  is  given  for  you  ;  do  this, 
in   remembrance  of  me.     Likewise   after 
supper  he  took  the  cup  ;  and  when  he  had 
given  thanks,  he  gave  it  to  them,  saying, 
Drink  ye  all  of  this  ;  for  this  is  my  blood 
of  the  New  Testament,  which  is  shed  for 
you,  and    for   many,  for  the  remission  of 
sins  :  do  this,  as  oft  as  ye  shall  drink  it,  in 
remembrance  of  me.     Amen. 
Then  shall  the  minister  first  receive  the 
communion  in  both  kinds  himself,  and 
then  proceed  to  deliver  the  same  to  the 
other  ministers  in  like  manner,  (if  any 
be  present.)  and  after  that  to  the  peo- 
ple also,  in  order,  into  their  hands.     And 
when  he  delivereth  the  bread,  he  shall 
say, 

The  body  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
which  was  given  for  thee,  preserve  thy 
soul  and  body  unto  everlasting  life.  Take 
and  eat  this  in  remembrance  that  Christ 
died  for  thee,  and  feed  on  him  in  thy  heart 
by  faith  with  thanksgiving. 
And  the  minister  that  delivereth  the  cup 
shall  say, 
The  blood  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
which  was  shed  for  th<'e.  preserve  thy  soul 
and  body  unto  everlasting  life.  Drink 
this  in  remembrance  that  Christ's  blood 
was  shed  for  thee,  and  be  thankful. 


THE    LORD'S    SUPPER.  71 

[When  all  have  communicated,  the  min- 
ister shall  return  to  the  Lord's  table,  and 
place  upon  it  what  remaineth  of  the  con- 
secrated elements,  covering  the  same.] 
Then  shall  the  elder  say  the  Lord's  prayer: 
Our  Father  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed 
be  thy  name  :  thy  kingdom  come  :  thy  will 
be  done  on  earth  as  it  is  in  heaven  :  give 
us  this  day  our  daily   bread  ;  and  forgive 
us  our  trespasses,  as  we  forgive  them  that 
trespass  against  us:  and  lead  us  not  into 
temptation,  but    deliver   us  from  evil,  for 
thine  is  the  kingdom,  and  the  power,  and 
the  glory,  for  ever  and  ever.     Amen. 
Then  the  elder,  if  he  see  it  expedient,  may 
put  up  an  extempore  prayer  :  and  after- 
ward shall  let  the  people  depart  with 
this  blessing  :  — 

May  the  peace  of  God,  which  passeth  all 
understanding,  keep  your  hearts  and  minds 
in  the  knowledge  and  love  of  God,  and  of 
his  Son  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord  ;  and  the 
blessing  of  God  Almighty,  the  Father,  the 
Son,  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  among  you, 
and  remain  with  you  always.     Amen. 

[Unferrnented  wine  only  should  be  used 
at  the  sacrament.l 


BAPTISM    OF    INFANTS. 


Section  XXV. 


Bap  t  ism  of  Infa  n  ts . 

Let  every  adult  person,  and  the  parents 
of  every  child  to  be  baptized,  have  the 
choice  either  of  immersion,  sprinkling  or 
pouring. 

The  parents  or  parent  of  the  child  pre- 
sented for  baptism  shall  be  asked  the  fol- 
lowing questions. 

Ques.  Hast  thou  renounced  the  devil 
and  all  his  works,  the  vain  pomp  and  glory 
of  the  world,  with  all  covetous  desires  of 
the  same,  and  the  carnal  desires  of  the  flesh, 
so  that  thou  dost  not  follow  or  art  not  led 
by  them  ? 

Ans.  I  have  renounced  them  all  ;  and 
by  God's  help  will  endeavor  not  to  follow 
or  be  led  by  them. 

Ques.  Dost  thou  believe  in  God  the  Fa- 
ther, Almighty,  Maker  of  heaven  and 
earth,  and  in  Jesus  Christ  his  only  begot- 
ten Son  our  Lord  ;  that  he  took  man  nature 
in  the  womb  of  the  Virgin  Mary,  and  was 
born  of  her  :  that  he  suffered  under  Pontius 
Pilate,  was  crucified,  dead  and  buried ; 
that  he  rose  again  on  the  third  day  ;  that 
he  ascended  into  heaven  and  sitteth  at  the 
right  hand  of  God,  the  Father,  Almighty, 
and  that  he  shall  come  again  at  the  end 
of  the  world  to  judge  the  quick  and  the 
dead  ? 


BAPTISM,  ETC.  73 

And  dost  thou  believe  in  the  llo'y  Ghost, 
the  communion  of  saints,  the  remissi.  n  of 
sins,  the  regeneration  of  our  fallen  nature, 
the  resurrection  of  the  body,  and  everlast- 
ing lite  after  death  ? 

Ans.  All  this  f  steadfastly  believe. 

Ques.  Wilt  thou  have  this  child  bap- 
tized into  this  faith  :  and  be  made  an  infant 
member  of  Christ's  holy  church  ? 

Ans.     This  is  my  desire. 

Ques.  Wilt  thou  then  diligently  teach 
it  God's  holy  word,  and  cause  it  to  walk 
in  obedience  to  his  holy  will  and  command- 
ments until  it  come  to  years  to  assume  in 
its  own  person  the  faith,  vuws  and  obliga- 
tions of  baptism  ? 

Ans.  I  will  endeavor  so  to  do,  the  Lord 
being  my  helper. 

The  Mi  nist  rat  ion  of  Baptism   to  such   as 
are  of  riper  years. 

Prayer. 
Almighty  and  immortal  God,  the  aid  of 
all  that  need,  the  helper  of  all  that  flee 
to  thee  for  succor,  the  life  of  them  that  be- 
lieve, and  the  resurrection  of  the  dead  : 
we  call  udou  thee  for  these  persons  ;  that 
they  coming  t  i  thy  holy  baptism,  may  re- 
ceive remission  of  their  sins,  by  spiritual 
regeneration.  Receive  them,  O  Lord,  as 
thou  hast  promised  bv  thv  well  beloved 
6 


/4  BAPTISM    OF    SUCH    AS 

Son,  saying.  Ask  and  ye  shall  receive,  seek 
and  ye  shall  find  ;  knock  and  it  shall  be 
opened  unto  you  :  so  give  now  unto  us  that 
ask :  let  us  that  seek,  find  :  open  the  gate 
unto  us  that  knock  :  that  these  persons 
may  enjoy  the  everlasting  benediction  of 
thy  heavenly  washing,  and  may  come  to 
the  eternal  kingdom  from  which  thou  hast 
promised  by  Christ  our  Lord. 

Almighty  and  everlasting  God,  heaven- 
ly Father,  we  give  thee  humble  thanks,  for 
that  thou  hast  vouchsafed  to  call  us  to  the 
knowledge  of  thy  grace,  and  faith  in  thee  ; 
increase  this  knowledge  and  confirm  this 
faith  in  us  evermore.  Give  thy  Holy  Spirit 
to  these  persons,  that  they  may  be  born 
again,  and  be  made  heirs  of  everlasting 
salvation  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
who  liveth  and  reigneth  with  thee  and  the 
Holy  Spirit,  now  and  for  ever. 

O  merciful  God,  grant  that  the  old  Adam 
in  these  persons  may  be  so  buried,  that  the 
new  man  may  be  raised  up  in  them. 

Grant  that  all  carnal  affections  may  die  in 
them,  and  that  all  things  belonging  to  the 
Spirit  may  live  and  grow  in  them. 

Grant  that  they  may  have  power  and 
strength  to  have  victory,  and  triumph 
against  the  devil,  the  world,  and  the  fL-sh. 

Grant  that  they  being  here  dedicated  to 
thee  by  our  office  and  ministry,  may  also 
be  endued  with  heavenly  virtues,  and  ever- 
lastingly rewarded,  through  thy  mercy,  O 


ARE    OF    RIPER    YEARS.  ro 

blessed  Lord  God,  who  dost  live  and  gov- 
ern all  things,  world  without  end. 

Almighty,  ever  living  God,  whose  most 
dearly  beloved  Son.  Jesus  Christ,  tor  the 
forgiveness  of  our  sins,  did  shed  out  of 
his  most  precious  side  both  water  and 
blood  ;  and  gave  commandment  to  Ins  dis- 
ciples that  they  should  go  teach  all  nations, 
and  baptize  them  in  the  name  of  the  Fath- 
er, and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost : 
regard,  we  beseech  thee,  the  supplications 
of  this  congregation  ;  and  grant  that  the 
persons  now  to  be  baptized  may  receive 
the  fulness  of  thy  grace,  and  ever  remain 
in  the  number  of  thy  faithful  and  elect 
children,  through  Jesus  Christ^ur  Lord. 
Amen. 

Then  shall  the  minister  demand  of  each  of 
the  persons  to  be  baptized,  severally, 

Ques.  Dost  thou  renounce  the  devil 
and  all  his  works,  the  vain  pomp  and  glory 
of  the  world,  with  all  covetous  desires  of 
the  same,  and  the  carnal  desires  of  the 
flesh,  so  that  thou  wilt  not  follow  or  be  led 
by  them  ? 

Ans.  I  renounce  them  all. 

Ques.  Dost  thou  believe  in  God  the 
Father  Almighty,  Maker  of  heaven  and 
earth  ?  and  in  Jesus  Christ  his  only  begot- 
ten Son  our  Lord  ?  and  that  he  was  con- 
ceived by  the  Holy  Ghost,  born  of  the  Vir- 


7b  BAPTISM,  ETC. 

gin  Mary  ?  that  he  suffered  under  Pontius 
Pilate,  was  crucified,  dead,  and  buried : 
that  he  rose  again  the  third  day  ;  that  he 
ascended  into  heaven,  and  sitteth  at  the 
right  hand  of  God  the  Father  Almighty, 
and  from  thence  shall  come  again,  at  the 
end  of  the  world,  to  judge  the  quick  and 
the  dead  ? 

And  thou  dost  believe  in  the  Holy  Ghost, 
the  remission  of  sins;  the  resurrection  of 
the  body,  and  everlasting  life  after  death  ? 

Ans.  All  this  I  steadfastly  believe. 

Ques.  Wilt  thou  be  baptized  in  this 
faith  ? 

Ans.  This  is  my  desire. 

Ques.  Wilt  thou  then  obediently  keep 
God's  holy  will  and  commandments,  and 
walk  in  the  same  all  the  days  of  thy  life  ? 

Ans.  I  will  endeavor  so  to  do,  God  being 
my  helper. 

Then  shall  the  minister  sprinkle  or  pour 
water  upon  him,  (or  if  he  desire  it,  shall 
immerse  him  in  water,)  saying, 

tY.  I  baptize  thee  in  the  name  of  the 
Father,  and  of  the  Son.  and  of  the  Holy 
Ghost.     Amen. 

Then  shall  be  said  the  Lord's  prayer. 

Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed 
be  thy  name  ;  thy  kingdom  come  ;  thy  will 
be  done  on  earth,  aa  it  is  in  heaven :  give 


BURIAL    OF    THE    DEAD.  ,7 

us  this  day  our  daily  bread  :  and  forgive  ns 
our  trespasses,  as  we  forgive  them  that 
trespass  against  us:  and  lead  us  not  into 
temptation  ;  but  deliver  us  from  evil. — 
Amen. 

[Then  let  the  minister  conclude  with 
extempore  prayer.] 


Section*  XXVI. 

The  Order  of  the  Burial  of  the  Dead. 

N.  B.  The  following  or  some  other 
solemn  service  may  be  used. 

The   minister,   going    before   the   corpse, 

say, 
I  am  the  resurrection  and  the  life,  saith 
the  Lord  :  he  that  believetfa  in  me,  though 

he  were  dead,  yet  shall  he  live  ;  and  who- 
soever liveth.  and  believeth  in  me,  shall 
never  die  :  Juhn  xi.  25.  26. 

I  know  that  my  Redeemer  liveth,  and 
that  he  shall  stand  at  the  latter  day  upon  the 
earth  ;  and  though,  after  my  skin,  worms 
destroy  this  body,  yet  in  my  flesh  shall  I 
see  God,  whom  I  shall  see  for  myself;  and 
mine  eyes  shall  behold  and  not  another  : 
Job  xix.  25,  26,  27. 

We  brought  nothing  into  this  world,  and 
it  is  certain  we   can  carry  nothing  out. 


78  BURIAL    OF    THE    DEAD. 

The  Lord  gave,  and  the  Lord  hath  taken 
awav  ;  blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord  : 
1  Tim.  vi.  7 ;  Job  i.  21. 

At  the  grave,  when  the  corpse  is  laid  in 
the  earth,  the  minister  shall  say. 

Man  that  is  born  of  a  woman  hath  but  a 
short  time  to  live,  and  is  full  of  misery.  He 
cometh  up,  and  is  cut  down  like  a  flower: 
he  fleeth  as  it  were  a  shadow,  and  never 
continueth  in  one  stay. 

In  the  midst  of  life  we  are  in  death  ;  of 
whom  may  we  seek  for  succor,  but  of  thee, 
O  Lord,  who  for  our  sins  art  justly  dis- 
pleased ? 

Yet.  O  Lord  God  most  holy,  O  Lord  most 
mighty,  O  holy  and  most  merciful  Saviour, 
deliver  us  not  unto  the  bitter  pains  of  eter- 
nal death. 

Thou  knowest,  Lord,  the  secrets  of  our 
hearts :  shut  not  thy  merciful  ears  to  our 
prayers,  but  spare  us,  Lord  most  holy,  O 
God  most  mighty,  O  holy  and  merciful 
Saviour,  thou  most  worthy  Judge  eternal, 
suffer  us  not  at  our  last  hour  for  any  pains 
of  death  to  fall  from  thee. 

Then  may  be  said, 

I  heard  a  voice  from  heaven,  saying  unto 
me,  Write;  from  henceforth  blessed  are  the 
dead  who  die  in  the  Lord  :  even  so  saith 
the  Spirit ;  for  they  rest  from  their  labors. 


BURIAL    OF    THE    DEAD.  /lJ 

Then  shall  the  minister  say, 

Our  Father  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed 
be  thy  name  ;  thy  kingdom  come  ;  thy  will 
be  done  on  earth  as  it  is  in  heaven  :  give 
us  this  day  our  daily  bread,  and  forgive  us 
our  trespasses,  as  we  forgive  them  that 
trespass  against  us  :  and  lead  us  not  into 
temptation  :  but  deliver  us  from  evil. 

O  merciful  God,  the  Father  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  who  is  the  resurrection  and 
the  life  ;  in  whom  whosoever  believeth  shall 
live,  though  he  die :  and  whosoever  liveth 
and  believeth  in  him,  shall  not  die  eter- 
nally. We  meekly  beseech  thee,  O  Father, 
to  raise  us  from  the  death  of  sin  unto  the 
life  of  righteousness ;  that  when  we  shall 
depart  this  life  we  may  rest  in  him  ;  and  at 
the  general  resurrection  on  the  last  day 
may  be  found  acceptable  in  thy  sight,  and 
receive  that  blessing  which  thy  well  be- 
loved Son  shall  then  pronounce  to  all  that 
love  and  fear  thee,  saying,  Come,  ye  blessed 
children  of  my  Father,  receive  the  kingdom 
prepared  for  you  from  the  beginning  of  the 
w^orld.  Grant  this,  we  beseech  thee,  O 
merciful  Father,  through  Jesus  Christ  our 
Mediator  and  Redeemer. 

The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
and  the  love  of  God,  and  the  fellowship  of 
the  Holy  Ghost,  be  with  us  all  evermore. 
Amen. 


80  ORDINATION    OF    ELDERS. 


Section  XXVII. 

TJie  Form  and  Manner  of  ordaining  El- 
ders. 

[  When  the  day  appointed  is  come,  there 
shall    be  a  sermon  or  exhortation,  de- 
claring the  duty  and  office  of  such  as 
come  to  be  admitted  elders.] 
Then  their  names  being  read  aloud,  the 
president  shall  say  unto  the  people, 
Brethren,  these  are  they  whom  we  pur- 
pose, God  willing,  this  day  to  ordain  elders. 
For  after  due  examination,  we  find  not  to 
the  contrary,  but  that  they  are  lawfully  call- 
ed to  this  function  and  ministry,  and  that 
they  are  persons  meet  for  the  same.    But  if 
there  be  any  of  you  who  knoweth  any  im- 
pediment or  crime  in  any  of  them,  for  the 
which  he  ought  not  to  be  received  into 
this  holy  ministry,  let  him  come  forth  in 
the  name  of  God,  and  show  what  the  crime 
or  impediment  is. 

Then  shall  be  said  the  Collect,  Epistle,  and 
Gospel,  as  followeth  :  — 

The   Collect. 

Almighty  God,  giver  of  all  good  things, 

who   by  thy   Holy   Spirit   hast   appointed 

elders  in  thy  Church  ;   mercifully  behold 

these  thy  servants  now  called  to  this  office. 


ORDINATION    OF    ELDERS.  Si 

and  replenish  them  so  with  the  truth  of 
thy  doctrine,  and  adorn  them  with  inno- 
cency  of  life,  that  both  by  word  and  good 
example  they  may  faithfully  serve  thee  in 
this  office,  to  the  glory  of  thy  name,  and 
the  edification  of  thy  church,  through  the 
merits  of  our  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  who 
liveth  and  rei^neth  with  thee  and  the  Holy 
Ghost,  world  without  end.     Amen. 

The  Epistle.     Eph.  iv.  7—13. 

Unto  every  one  of  us  is  driven  grace  ac- 
cording to  the  measure  of  the  gift  of  Christ. 
Wherefore  he  saith,  when  he  ascendeth 
up  on  high,  he  led  captivity  captive,  and 
gave  gifts  unto  men.  (Now  that  he  as- 
cended, what  is  it  but  that  he  also  descend- 
ed first  into  the  lower  parts  of  the  earth? 
He  that  descended  is  the  same  also  that 
ascended  up  far  above  all  heavens,  that  he 
might  fill  all  things.)  And  he  gave  some 
apostles,  and  some  prophets,  and  some 
evangelists,  and  some  pastors  and  teach- 
ers, for  the  perfecting  of  the  saints,  for  the 
work  of  the  ministry,  for  the  edifying  of 
the  body  of  Christ,  till  we  all  come  in  the 
unity  of  the  faith,  and  of  the  knowledge  of 
the  Son  of  God,  unto  a  perfect  man,  unto 
the  measure  of  the  stature  of  the  fulness  of 
Christ. 
After  this  shall   be  read  for  the  Gospel, 

part  of  the  tenth  chapter  of  St.  John, 


82  ORDINATION    OF    ELDERS. 

St.  John  x.  1—16. 
Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you,  he  that 
entereth  not  by  the  door  into  the  sheep- 
fold,  but  climbeth  up  some  other  way,  the 
same  is  a  thief  and  a  robber.  But  he  that 
entereth  in  by  the  door,  is  the  shepherd  of 
the  sheep .  To  him  the  porter  openeth ,  and 
the  sheep  hear  his  voice,  and  he  calleth 
his  own  sheep  by  name,  and  leadeth  them 
out.  And  when  he  putteth  forth  his  own 
sheep,  he  goeth  before  them,  and  the  sheep 
follow  him,  for  they  know  his  voice.  And 
a  stranger  will  they  not  follow,  but  flee 
from  him,  for  they  know  not  the  voice  of 
strangers.  This  parable  spake  Jesus  unto 
them,  but  they  understood  not  what  things 
they  were  which  he  spake  unto  them. 
Then  said  Jesus  unto  them  again,  Verily, 
verily,  I  say  unto  you,  I  am  the  door  of 
the  sheep.  All  that  ever  came  before  me 
are  thieves  and  robbers,  but  the  sheep  did 
not  hear  them.  I  am  the  door;  by  me  if 
any  man  enter  in,  he  shall  be  saved,  and 
shall  go  in  and  out  and  find  pasture.  The 
thief  cometh  not  but  to  steal,  and  to  kill, 
and  to  destroy  ;  I  am  come  that  they  might 
have  life,  and  that  they  might  have  it  more 
abundantly.  I  am  the  good  shepherd  ;  the 
good  shepherd  giveth  his  life  for  the  sheep. 
But  he  that  is  a  hireling,  and  not  the  shep- 
herd, whose  own  the  sheep  are  not,  seeth 
the  wolf  coming,  and  leaveth  the  sheep, 


ORDINATION    OK    ELDERS.  S3 

and  fleeth.  and  the  wolf  catoheth  them, 
and  scattereth  them.  The  hireling  rleeth 
hecause  he  is  a  hireling,  and  eareth  not  for 
the  sheep.  I  am  the  good  shepherd,  and 
know  nay  sheep,  and  am  known  of  mine. 
As  the  Father  knoweth  me.  even  so  know 
I  the  Father  :  and  1  lay  down  my  life  for 
the  sheep.  And  other  sheep  1  have  which 
are  not  of  this  fold  :  them  also  I  must 
bring,  and  they  shall  hear  my  voice,  and 
there  shall  be  one  fold  and  one  shepherd. 

And  that  done,  the  president  shall  say  unto 
them  as  hereafter  followed)  : 

You  have  heard,  hrethren.  as  well  in 
your  private  examination  as  in  the  exhor- 
tation which  was  now  made  to  you,  and  in 
the  holy  lessons  taken  out  of  the  gospel, 
and  the  writings  of  the  apostles,  of  what 
dignity,  and  of  how  great  importance  this 
office  is  whereunto  ye  are  called.  And  now 
again  we  exhort  you,  in  the  name  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that  you  have  in  re- 
membrance, into  how  high  a  dignity,  and 
to  how  weighty  an  office  ye  are  called  : 
that  is  to  say.  to  be  messengers,  watchmen 
and  stewards  of  the  Lord  ;  to  teach  and  to 
premorish  ;  to  feed  and  provide  for  the 
Lord's  family  :  to  seek  for  Christ's  sheep 
that  are  dispersed  abroad,  and  for  his  chil- 
dren who  are  in  the  midst  of  this  evil 
woild,  that  they  may  be  saved  through 
Christ  forever. 


84  ORDINATION    OF    ELDERS. 

Have  always,  therefore,  printed  in  your 
remembrance,  how  great  a  treasure  is  com- 
mitted to  your  charge  ;  for  they  are  the 
sheep  of  Christ,  which  he  bought  with  his 
death,  and  for  whom  he  shed  his  blood. 
The  church  and  congregation  whom  you 
must  serve,  is  his  spouse  and  his  body. 
And  if  it  shall  happen,  the  same  church, 
or  any  member  thereof,  do  take  any  hurt  or 
hindrance  by  reason  of  your  negligence,  ye 
know  the  greatness  of  the  fault,  and  also 
the  horrible  punishment  that  will  ensue. 
Wherefore  consider  with  yourselves  the 
end  of  the  ministry  toward  the  children  of 
God,  toward  the  spouse  and  body  of  Christ ; 
and  see  that  you  never  cease  your  labor, 
your  care  and  diligence,  until  you  have 
done  all  that  lieth  in  you,  according  to  your 
bounden  duty,  to  bring  all  such  as  are  or 
shall  be  committed  to  your  charge,  unto 
that  agreement  in  the  faith  and  knowledge 
of  God,  and  to  that  ripeness  and  perfect- 
ness  of  age  in  Christ,  that  there  be  no 
place  left  among  you,  either  for  error  in 
religion  or  for  viciousness  in  life. 

Forasmuch,  then,  as  your  office  is  both 
of  so  great  excellency  and  of  so  great  dif- 
ficulty, ye  see  with  how  great  care  and 
study  ye  ought  to  apply  yourselves,  as 
well  that  ye  may  show  yourselves  dutiful 
and  thankful  unto  that  Lord  who  hath 
placed  you  in  so  high  a  dignity,  as  also  to 
beware  that  neither  you  yourselves  offend. 


i 


ORDINATION    OF    ELDERS.  85 

Howbeit.  ye  cannot  have  a  mind  and  will 
thereto  of  yourselves  ;  for  that  will  and 
ability  is  given  of  God  alone  :  therefore  ye 
ought  and  have  need  to  pray  earnestly  for 
his  Holy  Spirit.  And  seeing  that  ye  can- 
not by  any  other  means  compass  the  doing 
of  so  weighty  a  work,  pertaining  to  the 
salvation  of  man,  but  with  doctrine  and 
exhortation  taken  out  of  the  Holy  Scrip- 
tures, and  with  a  life  agreeable  to  the 
same  ;  consider  how  studious  ye  ought  to 
be  in  reading  and  learning  the  Scriptures, 
and*  in  framing  the  manners  both  of  your- 
selves and  of  them  that  specially  pertain 
unto  you,  according  to  the  rule  of  the  same 
Scriptures;  and  for  this  self-same  cause, 
how  ye  ought  to  forsake  and  set  aside  (as 
much  as  you  may)  all  worldly  cares  and 
studies. 

We  have  good  hope  that  you  have  all 
weighed  and  pondered  these  things  with 
yourselves  long  before  this  time  :  and  that 
you  have  clearly  determined,  by  God's 
grace,  to  give  yourselves  wholly  to  this 
office,  whereunto  it  hath  pleased  God  to 
call  you  :  so  that,  as  much  as  lieth  in  you, 
you  will  apply  yourselves  wholly  to  this  one 
thing,  and  draw  all  your  cares  and  studies 
this  way.  and  that  you  will  continually 
pray  to  God  the  Father,  by  the  mediation 
of  our  only  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  for  the 
heavenly  assistance    of  the  Holy  Ghost ; 


86  ORDINATION    OF    ELDERS. 

that  by  daily  reading  and  weighing  of  the 
Scriptures,  ye  may  wax  riper  and  stronger 
in  your  ministry  ;  and  that  ye  may  so  en- 
deavor yourselves,  from  time  to  time,  to 
sanctify  the  lives  of  you  and  yours,  and  to 
fashion  them  after  the  rule  and  doctrine 
of  Christ,  that  ye  may  be  wholesome  and 
godly  examples  and  patterns  for  the  people 
to  follow. 

And  now  that  this  present  congregation 
of  Christ  here  assembled,  may  also  under- 
stand your  minds  and  wills  in  these  things, 
and  that  this  your  promise  may  the  more 
move  you  to  do  your  duties,  ye  shall  an- 
swer plainly  to  these  things  which  we,  in 
the  name  of  God  and  his  Church,  shall  de- 
mand of  you  touching  the  same. 

Do  you  think  in  your  heart  that  you  are 
truly  called,  according  to  the  will  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  to  the  office  and  work 
of  elders? 

Arts.     I  thing  so. 

The  president.  Are  you  persuaded  that 
the  Holy  Scriptures  contain  sufficiently  all 
doctrine  required  of  necessity  for  eternal 
salvation  through  faith  in  Jesus  Christ? 
And  are  you  determined  out  of  the  said 
Scriptures  to  instruct  the  people  committed 
to  your  charge,  and  to  teach  nothing  as  re- 
quired of  necessity  to  eternal  salvation,  but 
that  which  you  shall  be  persuaded  may  be 
concluded  and  proved  by  the  Scripture? 


ORDINATION    OF    ELDERS.  O/ 

Ans.  I  am  so  persuaded,  and  have  so 
determined  by  God's  grace . 

The  president.  Will  you,  then,  give  your 
faithful  diligence  always  so  to  minister  the 
doctrine  and  sacraments  and  discipline  of 
Christ,  as  the  Lord  hath  commanded? 

Ans.  I  will  do  so  by  the  help  of  the 
Lord. 

The  president.  Will  you  be  ready  with 
all  faithful  diligence  to  banish  and  drive 
away  all  erroneous  and  strange  doctrines 
contrary  to  God's  word  ;  and  to  use  both 
public  and  private  monitions  and  exhorta- 
tions, as  well  to  the  sick  as  to  the  whole 
within  your  charge,  as  need  shall  require 
and  occasion  shall  be  given  ? 

Ans.     I  will,  the  Lord  being  my  helper. 

The  president.  Will  you  be  diligent  in 
prayers,  and  in  reading  of  the  Holy  Scrip- 
tures, and  in  such  studies  as  help  to  the 
knowledge  of  the  same,  laying  aside  the 
study  of  the  world  and  the  flesh  ? 

Ans.  I  will  endeavor  so  to  do.  the  Lord 
being  my  helper. 

The  president.  Will  you  be  diligent  to 
frame  and  fashion  yourselves  and  your 
families  according  to  the  doctrine  of  Christ, 
and  to  make  both  yourselves  and  them,  as 
much  as  in  you  lieth,  wholesome  examples 
and  patterns  to  the  liock  of  Christ  ? 

Ans.  I  shall  apply  myself  thereto,  the 
Lord  being  my  helper. 


88  ORDINATION    OF    ELDERS. 

The  president.  Will  you  maintain,  and 
set  forward,  as  much  as  lieth  in  you,  quiet- 
ness, peace,  and  love,  among  all  Christian 
people,  and  especially  among-  them  that  are 
or  shall  be  committed  to  your  charge  ? 

Ans.  I  will  do  so,  the  Lord  being  my 
helper. 

Let  us  pray. 

Almighty  God  and  heavenly  Father,  who 
of  thine  infinite  love  and  goodness  toward 
us,  hast  given  to  us  thy  only  and  most 
dearly  beloved  Son  Jesus  Christ  to  be  our 
Redeemer,  and  the  author  of  everlasting 
life  ;  who,  after  he  had  made  perfect  our 
redemption  by  his  death,  and  was  ascended 
into  heaven,  sent  abroad  into  the  world  his 
apostles,  prophets,  evangelists,  teachers, 
and  pastors,  by  whose  labor  and  ministry 
he  gathered  together  a  great  flock  in  all 
parts  of  the  world,  to  set  forth  the  eternal 
praise  of  thy  holy  name  :  for  these  so  great 
benefits  of  thy  eternal  goodness,  and  for 
that  thou  hast  vouchsafed  to  call  these  thy 
servants  here  present  to  the  same  office 
and  ministry  appointed  for  the  salvation  of 
mankind,  we  render  unto  thee  our  most 
hearty  thanks  ;  we  praise  and  worship 
thee  ;  and  we  humbly  beseech  thee  by  the 
same,  thy  blessed  Son,  to  grant  unto  all 
who  either  here  or  elsewhere  call  upon 
thy  name,  that  we  may  continue  to  show 


OHDINATIUN    OF    ELDERS.  by 

ourselves  thankful  unto  thee  for  these,  and 
all  other  thy  benefits,  and  that  we  may 
daily  increase  and  go  forward  in  the  knowl- 
edge and  faith  of  thee  and  thy  Son  by  the 
Holy  Spirit.  So  that  as  well  by  these  thy 
ministers,  as  by  them  over  whom  they  shall 
be  appointed  thy  ministers,  thy  holy  name 
may  be  forever  glorified,  and  thy  blessed 
kingdom  enlarged  through  the  same,  thy 
Son  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord  :  who  liveth 
and  reigneth  with  thee  in  the  unity  of  the 
same  Holy  Spirit,  world  without  end. 
Amen. 

When  this  prayer  is  done,  the  president, 
or  officiating  elder,  with  the  elders  pres- 
ent, shall  lay  their  hands  severally  upon 
the  head  of  every  one  that  receiveth  the 
order  of  elders  ;  the  receivers  humbly 
kneeling  upon  their  knees,  and  the  pres- 
ident saying, 

The  Lord  pour  upon  thee  the  Koly 
Ghost  for  the  office  and  work  of  an  elder 
in  the  Church  of  God.  And  be  thou  a 
faithful  dispenser  of  the  word  of  God,  and 
of  his  holy  sacraments  ;  in  the  name  of  the 
Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy 
Ghost. 

Then  the  president  shall  say, 

Most  merciful  Father,  we  beseech  thee 
to  send  upon  these  thy  servants  thy  heav- 
7 


90  QUARTERLY    CONFERENCES. 

enly  blessings,  that  they  may  be  clothed 
with  righteousness,  and  that  thy  word  spo- 
ken by  their  mouths  may  have  such  suc- 
cess, that  it  may  never  be  spoken  in  vain. 
Grant  also  that  we  may  have  grace  to  hear 
and  receive  what  they  shall  deliver  out  of 
thy  most  holy  word,  or  agreeably  to  the 
same,  as  the  means  of  our  salvation  ;  and 
that  in  all  our  words  and  deeds  we  may 
seek  thy  glory,  and  the  increase  of  thy 
kingdom,  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 

Prevent  us,  0  Lord,  in  all  our  doings, 
with  thy  most  gracious  favor,  and  farther 
us  with  thy  continual  help,  that  in  all  our 
works  begun,  continued,  and  ended  in  thee, 
we  may  glorify  thy  holy  name,  and  finally, 
by  thy  mercy,  obtain  everlasting  life, 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 

The  peace  of  God,  which  passeth  all  un- 
derstanding, keep  your  hearts  and  minds  in 
the  knowledge  and  love  of  God,  and  of  his 
Son  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord  ;  and  the  bless- 
ing of  God  Almighty,  the  Father,  the  Son, 
and  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  among  you  and  re- 
main with  you  always.     Amen. 


Section  XXYIII. 
Quarterly  Conferences. 
1.    There  shall   be  four  quarterly  con- 
ferences in  each  circuit  or  station,  in  every 


QUARTERLY    CONFERENCES.  91 

conference  year,  to  be  composed  of  all  the 
ministers,  preachers,  [a  minister  is  one 
who  is  ordained — a  preacher  acts  under  a 
license,]  exhorters,  stewards  and  leaders 
belonging  to  the  circuit  or  station, — pro- 
vided, that  the  preacher  in  charge  shall 
have  authority  to  call  special  quarterly 
conferences.  The  time  and  place  of  hold- 
ing the  conference  shall  be  fixed  by  the 
conference,  except  when  an  assistant  of  a 
district  is  appointed  ;  then,  and  in  that 
case,  the  assistant  shall  appoint  the  time  of 
holding  the  quarterly  meetings  for  the  cir- 
cuits and  stations  in  his  districts ;  and  the 
regular  quarterly  conferences  shall  be  held 
at  the  time  and  place  of  the  quarterly 
meetings.  The  conference  shall  choose 
its  own  president,  who  shall  decide  all 
points  of  law  and  order,  subject  to  an  ap- 
peal to  the  conference.  The  conference 
shall  appoint  a  secretary  to  take  exact 
minutes  of  the  business  transacted  by 
them,  which  minutes,  after  being  read  and 
approved  by  the  conference,  shall  be  re- 
corded in  a  book  kept  by  one  of  the  stew- 
ards for  that  purpose. 

2.  The  quarterly  conference  shall  have 
authority  to  inquire  into  the  character  of 
the  preachers,  exhorters,  leaders  and 
stewards  of  the  circuit  or  station  ;  and  to 
admonish,  reprove,  or  remove  them  from 
official    standing.      The   conference    may 


92  QUARTERLY    CONFERENCES. 

grant  license  to  preach  and  exhort,  pro- 
vided the  applicant  for  license  shall  be 
recommended  by  the  church  of  which  he 
is  a  member,  and  may  renew  licenses  an- 
nually ;  and  may  recommend  suitable  per- 
sons to  the  Annual  Conference  to  be  re- 
ceived on  trial,  or  into  full  connection,  or 
for  elders'  orders ;  and  to  perform  such 
other  duties  as  are  authorized  by  the  Dis- 
dipline, — provided,  that  no  person  be  li- 
censed to  preach  until  he  shall  have  been 
examined  by  the  conference,  on  Christian 
experience,  doctrine,  knowledge  of  the 
Holy  Scriptures,  and  the  course  of  study 
that  may  be  pointed  out  by  the  Annual 
Conference. 

3.  The  conference  shall  inquire  into  the 
state  of  each  church  in  the  circuit,  and  if 
on  examination  it  shall  be  found  that  any 
church  has  violated  any  provision  of  our 
elementary  principles,  or  has  received 
members  into  full  connection,  contrary  to 
discipline,  or  has  retained  persons  as  mem- 
bers, who  do  not  live  according  to  the 
genera]  rules,  the  conference  shall  appoint 
a  committee  of  at  least  three,  from  some 
other  part  of  the  circuit,  to  visit  that 
church,  and  labor  with  it  to  remove  the 
cause  of  complaint.  If  the  cause  of  com- 
plaint be  not  removed,  the  ensuing  quar- 
terly conference  shall  hear  the  report  of 
the  committee,  and    also   the  representa- 


SECRET    SOCIETIES.  93 

tives  which  the  church  may  send  :  and  if 
it  shall  find  that  the  church  is  still  impeni- 
tent, it  shall  withdraw  fellowship  from  said 
church. 

4.  The  quarterly  conference  of  each  cir- 
cuit and  station  next  preceding  the  annual 
conference  shall  elect,  from  among  the 
members  in  full  connection  within  the 
hounds  of  their  circuits  and  stations,  the 
lay  delegates  to  the  annual  conference,  and 
give  such  instructions  to  the  delegates  as 
they  may  judge  for  the  advantage  of  the 
work,  and  the  benefit  of  their  respective 
circuits  and  stations. 

The  stewards  shall  he  elected  by  the 
church  or  quarterly  meeting  conference  of 
each  circuit  or  station. — provided,  that  no 
circuit  or  station  shall  have  less  than  three, 
or  mure  than  nine. 

Trustees,  provided  they  are  members  of 
the  Wesleyan  Methodist  Connection,  shall 
be  members  of  the  quarterly  meeting  con- 
ference. 


Section  XXIX. 
Secret  Societies. 

Ques.  Have  we  any  advice  to  give  re- 
specting secret  oath-bound  societies'? 

Ans.  We  leave  that  matter  with  the 
several  annual  conferences  and  individual 
churches. 


94  STATIONING    COMMITTEE. 


Section  XXX. 
Of  the  Stationing  Committee, 

Ques.  1.  Who  shall  compose  the  sta- 
tioning committee  ? 

Ans.  The  stationing  committee  shall  be 
composed  of  three  ministers  and  three  lay- 
men (to  be  chose^n  by  the  Annual  Confer- 
ence out  of  its  own  body)  and  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  Annual  Conference,  who  shall 
be  chairman  of  the  committee. 

Ques.  2.  What  are  the  duties  of  the 
stationing  committee  ? 

Ans.  To  station  the  preachers,  confirm- 
ing, as  far  as  practicable,  all  arrangements 
made  between  preachers  and  people;  — 
provided,  that  no  preacher  shall  remain  on 
the  same  station  or  circuit,  in  any  case, 
more  than  three  years  successively  ;  nor 
be  returned  to  the  same  circuit  or  station, 
until  after  an  intermission  of  three  years  ;* 
and  provided,  also,  that  no  preacher  shall 
be  appointed  to  any  station  or  circuit,  con- 
trary to  the  expressed  wishes  of  the  cir- 
cuit or  station. 

Ques.  3.  When  shall  the  stationing 
committee  convene  ? 

Ans.  As  soon  as  possible  after  the  com- 

*  This  applies  only  to  those  who  have 
been  three  years  successively  on  the  same 
station  or  circuit. 


BOUNDARIES    OF    CONFERENCES. 

mittee  shall  have  been  appointed  by  the 
Annual  Conference. 

Ques.  4.  What  order  of  business  shall 
be  observed  on  the  stationing  committee  ? 

Ans.  They  shall  receive  the  represen- 
tations of  the  preachers  and  lay  delegates; 
and  after  fixing  on  appointments,  and  read- 
ing them  out  in  an  early  part  of  the  con- 
ference, the  preachers  and  lay  members 
shall  have  the  privilege  of  an  appeal  to  the 
conference  from  the  report  of  the  station- 
ing committee. 


Section*  XXXI. 
On  Peace. 
We  believe  the  gospel  of  Christ  to  be 
every  way  opposed  to  the  practice  of  war, 
in  all  its  "forms  ;  and  those  customs  which 
tend  to  foster  and  perpetuate  the  war  spirit 
to  be  inconsistent  with  the  benevolent  de- 
signs of  the  Christian  religion. 


Section  XXXII. 

Bo u n da r ies  of  Annual  Co n  feren ces . 
1.  The  New  England  Conference  com- 
prises  the    Xew   England   States,  except 


96  BOUNDARIES    OF    CONFERENCES. 

that  portion  of  Vermont  west  of  the  Green 
Mountains. 

2.  Champlain  Conference  includes  that 
part  of  Vermont  west  of  the  Green  Moun- 
tains; that  part  of  New  York  State  which 
lays  north  and  east  of  Black  River,  and  a 
line  running  from  Carthage  to  the  south 
west  corner  of  Vermont 

3.  New  York  Conference  comprises  so 
much  of  New  York  as  is  not  included  in  the 
Champlain  Conference,  Eastern  Pennsyl- 
vania and  New  Jersey. 

4.  Alleghany  Conference  includes  that 
part  of  Pennsylvania  west  of  the  Alleghany 
Mountains  —  that  part  of  Ohio  east  of  the 
Scioto  River  and  Western  Virginia. 

5.  Miami  Conference  includes  the  State 
of  Ohio  west  of  the  Scioto  River,  the  State 
of  Indiana,  Illinois,  and  the  Territories  of 
Wisconsin  and  Iowa, 

6.  Michigan  Conference  embraces  the 
State  of  Michigan. 


